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Evening_Presence_927 t1_iyx5jrc wrote

Reply to comment by InfernalTest in What forced hospitalization feels like in New York City, as Mayor Adams pushes for more by psychothumbs

> it may solve SOME problems but clearly it doesnt do it enough for the vast majority of people that are severely mentally ill

[citation needed]

> there is a ton of services for people IF they decide to take advantage of them

And they are likely underfunded and understaffed under this administration. Imagine if we actually had someone competent running things…

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InfernalTest t1_iyxll83 wrote

- this is about those who refuse or ignore the help of supportive services despite the fact they are severely mentally ill and need meds- or are substance /alchohol dependant....

no matter how much you may offer them a free home or counseling there is ( at least in NY ) nothing that can MAKE them take it when clearly they need it and aside from involuntarily making them subject to being detained or controlling them after they are medically stabilized ...there is little to MAKE them continue to adhere to meds or stay where a home is offered if they decide to not take meds and not take the bed you offer them...so the solution for them isnt supportive housing since they refuse to accept or acknowledge that they should be subject to services

this situation is described over and over by psychiatric and medical staff at hospitals and halfway houses ...

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Evening_Presence_927 t1_iyy1p02 wrote

> this situation is described over and over by psychiatric and medical staff at hospitals and halfway houses ...

Yeah, because those places aren’t equipped to handle these people long term. They’re chronically understaffed and underfunded by a government that only sees them as a political pawn.

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