You live in a privileged area then, because most the places around the country have about 1 bed per 3 people who need one.
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PaulS
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New England......... BTW, I'm talking about beds for very sick people who are in crisis, I have no idea what the waiting time is for those less ill but still in need of help.
To put a bit of perspective on the problem, since 1950 the population in the US has doubled. In that time we have lost 90% of our facility capacity to house and/or treat the mentally ill, most of that occurred during Reagan's watch.
Our general selfishness and unwillingness to contribute to the society as a whole is what is taking our society down the sewer.
There are better ways that will have 10 times the benefits that we currently get, in fact they allow for our long range survival as a species, they just require a bit more effort and change in our application of consumerism. We can't just keep being this wasteful of resources and energy. There are several other ways to apply it that are positive rather than destructive.
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But you need to add some perspective to those numbers. In 1950 there was generally no relief for the sickest mentally ill and even those that weren't that bad got worse because of the lack of drugs. Now there are much better drugs and more of those with mental illness are able to function normally.