Evening_Presence_927 t1_iyjmk00 wrote on December 1, 2022 at 9:52 PM

Reply to comment by BrieGoneThot in New York’s Plan to Address Crisis of Mentally Ill Faces High Hurdles by CactusBoyScout

Forget the whole civil liberties bit and answer this: Please tell me how a system with no plan for long-term mental health care for the homeless is actually a good idea.

BrieGoneThot t1_iyjni89 wrote on December 1, 2022 at 9:58 PM

Who cares. We need action now. Figure it out later.

Evening_Presence_927 t1_iyjoi76 wrote on December 1, 2022 at 10:05 PM

Action doesn’t matter if it doesn’t accomplish anything, though.

BrieGoneThot t1_iyjonl7 wrote on December 1, 2022 at 10:06 PM

Getting these lunatics off the street accomplishes an awful lot.

Evening_Presence_927 t1_iyjoy74 wrote on December 1, 2022 at 10:08 PM

But it doesn’t get them off the street. That’s my whole point.

my5cent t1_iyjsmz2 wrote on December 1, 2022 at 10:34 PM

What system? The city doesn't make mental health problems. With varying degree, everyone has some degree of mental health issues but the most troublesome are the drug addicted and homeless. You can't throw enough money at the problem for it to fix itself.

Evening_Presence_927 t1_iykqx48 wrote on December 2, 2022 at 2:54 AM

But that’s the problem. The plan is the system I’m talking about. The hospital system doesn’t have the ability to provide long-term care for these individuals, so they’ll more likely than not end up back in the street.