• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    This is the problem, is that mental health abuses still happen today in whats left of mental health system in america.

    We don’t need to tear it down, we need a federal oversight authority with balls and power to revoke licenses, issue massive fines, etc etc, with the funding and manpower to randomly inspect these facilities and interview patients at the drop of a hat, at any time of year, possibly multiple times a year.

    and we need massive incentives to get hordes of new people, doctors, nurses, therapists, etc, into education to become qualified in their respective fields to do these jobs, and the fair pay for them.

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      8 months ago

      I don’t think we should call them mental health abuses. There is abuse in the mental health system.

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        8 months ago

        mental health abuses

        I prefer the term “perverse psychiatry”.

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      8 months ago

      My point was only that Reagan didn’t destroy the mental health systems while he was president. If you try bringing that up to a supporter, they will try and gotcha you on it. The other stuff was just to give some context as to why he was able to get away with it. Republicans never let a tragedy go to waste.

      California was the first state to start dismantling their mental health systems and other states followed their lead, so most of the blame is still on him.