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Re: The Subways Melted Down Real Good (Again) This Morning |
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Posted by Nilet on Fri Apr 13 22:17:50 2018, in response to Re: The Subways Melted Down Real Good (Again) This Morning, posted by Broadway Lion on Fri Apr 13 11:23:12 2018. FREEDOM OF CHOICE: Pick them up, bring the to the State Hospital and triage them. If they want help they can stay there, if they do not want help, but would rather go elsewhere, then facilitate that. If they are unable to make a legal decision, they stay until they are able to live on their own.While mental illness is certainly a problem (in general, not specific to the homeless community), not all homeless people are mentally ill and it would not be appropriate to use hospitals as the primary mechanism for helping the homeless. Moreover, of the mental illness experienced by the homeless community, a substantial chunk of it is an effect of homelessness rather than a cause of it (eg, addiction, PTSD) and any treatment of that would require addressing the underlying problem of homelessness first. |
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