This video is a fascinating and unfortunately accurate depiction of how people with mental illness “trickle through the system”. I am frequently asked why I want to do what I do. “Why would you want to work with criminals?” “Why do you want to work with the ‘crazies’?” Well folks, if you have an hour… watch this video and you’ll understand why: there is so much to be done.
“The mental health system is and of itself, the definition of insanity.”
“We’ve got a healthcare system that isn’t attentive to mental illness, it likes physical illness. We like to rescue, not prevent.”
“The ER has become a hospital for the poor.”
“Judges are more likely to see people with mental illness than psychiatrists.”
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