It is estimated that thirteen to fifteen million Americans are currently suffering from mental illness. Over the past few decades America seems to have slowly turned a blind eye to its mental health care crisis. The care available to those suffering from mental illness is severely lacking and the consequences are shocking.
In the 1960’s the deinstitutionalization movement began and long-term mental health care facilities began closing their doors. The goal was to increase outpatient treatment while protecting the patient’s right to personal freedom. Patients would be integrated into normal society, provided with group housing, medication, job training, and work programs.
In the 1980’s President Reagan cut funding to the deinstitutionalization …show more content…
An estimated five hundred and sixty thousand homeless are suffering from mental illness. In the 1970’s only five percent of America’s prison population had mental issues; currently more than one fifth of the nation’s prison population are suffering from mental illness. Of the estimated half a million homeless people seventy percent suffer from mental illnesses, without an address they have limited access to the state and federally funded healthcare programs.
The rise of mass public shootings have increased in frequency from 1.1 a year to 4.5 a year since the 1970s. With almost all of the mass shooters in the last two decades being treated or sought treatment for mental health issues. With the cuts to mental health care, it raises the question if these individuals had access and steady counseling and monetization would have been committed.
Though suicide rates in the United States are closely the same as in the 70’s a rise of adolescent and teenage suicide rates have risen since then. Suicide being the second leading causes of death among adolescents and teens in the U.S. With ninety percent of them showing signs of mental health issues, and sixty percent of them never, being treated or consoled. It is a staggering one million one hundred thousand suicide attempts throughout the U.S. a
In the 1960’s the deinstitutionalization movement began and long-term mental health care facilities began closing their doors. The goal was to increase outpatient treatment while protecting the patient’s right to personal freedom. Patients would be integrated into normal society, provided with group housing, medication, job training, and work programs.
In the 1980’s President Reagan cut funding to the deinstitutionalization …show more content…
An estimated five hundred and sixty thousand homeless are suffering from mental illness. In the 1970’s only five percent of America’s prison population had mental issues; currently more than one fifth of the nation’s prison population are suffering from mental illness. Of the estimated half a million homeless people seventy percent suffer from mental illnesses, without an address they have limited access to the state and federally funded healthcare programs.
The rise of mass public shootings have increased in frequency from 1.1 a year to 4.5 a year since the 1970s. With almost all of the mass shooters in the last two decades being treated or sought treatment for mental health issues. With the cuts to mental health care, it raises the question if these individuals had access and steady counseling and monetization would have been committed.
Though suicide rates in the United States are closely the same as in the 70’s a rise of adolescent and teenage suicide rates have risen since then. Suicide being the second leading causes of death among adolescents and teens in the U.S. With ninety percent of them showing signs of mental health issues, and sixty percent of them never, being treated or consoled. It is a staggering one million one hundred thousand suicide attempts throughout the U.S. a