Mental Health Treatment in the US

[SunsetBengal]

It's all about the money. It cost money to have institutions to house and care for the mentally ill. There is no profit to be gained from it. Most of those people seem perfectly normal, when properly medicated. However, once released, they are on their own decisions. I have a relative that suffered from Bipolar all of her life, even though it wasn't diagnosed until the mid 1980's. She was fine, as long as she stayed current on her meds. However, left to her own devices, she would often eschew those meds and prefer to feel her "natural" self. Long story short, she slipped into dementia at a relatively early age, and has been locked in an Alzheimer's protective unit since 2004. This lady is currently 69.