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Tobin S.

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3. Yep, mental health care in this country is not adequate.

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #2)

Mon May 7, 2018, 09:03 PM

May 2018

For even severe disturbances, most insurance companies won't okay a stay longer than 7 days in a hospital. They sober them up for a week, pump them full of psychiatric medication, and then kick them back out on the street. Repeat indefinitely. We have a state hospital here for long term care, but those are people who have long been criminally insane. It's more like a prison.

I think the decline in long term care came with the rise of modern psychiatric drugs along with states looking to cut costs. This is a bad area to be cheap on policy.

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New, HBO: 'A Dangerous Son' Documentary (2018) [View all] appalachiablue May 2018 OP

Kids like that usually end up in jail. Tobin S. May 2018 #1

Prison and jail is where most disturbed youth and adults are held I know. appalachiablue May 2018 #2

Yep, mental health care in this country is not adequate. Tobin S. May 2018 #3

Close monitoring of people's time in facilities is in the film too, cost cutting. appalachiablue May 2018 #4

To add, a better title- something like 'A Troubled Son' appalachiablue May 2018 #5