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user-inactivated · 3038 days ago · link · · parent · post: Read the full investigation: Insane. Invisible. In danger. | Florida’s mental hospitals | Tampa Bay Times
Good stuff. Sometimes, yeah. Schizophrenia is a weird one. If you're on your meds, it tends to just mean "weird." If not, very bad things happen. From a public integration perspective, there are far worse mental illnesses. There is no one-size solution. There is such a thing as a retirement home/assisted living for the mentally ill, but in my experience they're prohibitively expensive. The state solution, on the other hand, tends to be regimented, bureaucratic, and often completely misses the point. The ideal, home care by the family, is no longer really possible.It seems like a good thing that these folks are part of the community, doing things other than rotting in a mental prison, glued to the TV.