Is this what is the future? Mental Hospitals have come a long way since the 1980’s. The population of mentally ill inpatients has been drastically cut; unfortunately they have been displaced and are found in jails and homeless shelters, or wandering the streets. For some of us who are not so severe there are alternatives but does the future hold more hospitals being built in order to bring adequate care to the severely mentally ill? Outpatient clinics can only do so much and non compliance is a number one issue. The community residences are not the answer; there is little interaction between people with mental disorders and the surrounding community of people without a disorder. Isolation becomes a problem with the person not having contact with anyone besides the people they share the dwelling with; case managers; doctors and therapists. Is it better to create more hospitals again to bring better care to those in need or are hospitals the past with no further use to the mentally ill.
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