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In this 2009 follow-up to the groundbreaking documentary “The New Asylums,” FRONTLINE examined what happens to people …
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I was in jail and they didn't medicate me for 5 months. Sent me to the mental hospital and got medicated. Then I was supposed to get help upon release because I had trouble taking care of myself. I got no help when released. It was a big struggle, but I'm still hanging in there.
I've known two people with schizophrenia. Both happened to fixate on God, Jesus, and satan. When medicated, they were somewhat tolerable people, but when stopping their medication, both were verbally aggressive and intimidating. While I initially felt empathy for both of them, that srntiment waned because they both were very combative and difficult to be around. I also happened to have a childhood friend who was murdered by a mentally ill drug addict. He was playing pool when the stranger came up and stabbed my friend to death in a state of mentally illness induced paranoia and also a case of mistaken identity, thinking my friend was someone he knew. The mentally ill man came up for parole after less than 10 years and was denied parole twice, but I'm not sure if he's institutionalized or not currently. Our mental health and judicial system have not only failed the mentally ill, but they've also put the greater society at risk of violence, theft, or sex crimes. I know that there are many mentally ill people who wouldn't harm others, but how can we feel safe being out in public, not knowing if the homeless person talking to themselves while cursing and yelling threats is truly harmless or not? We have got to come up with a much better system to deal with this. I live in California and there are huge numbers of homeless people here in addiction to many being mentally ill. My brother was physically accosted by one who tried to steal my brother's briefcase, so my brother had to punch the man to get him to let go of the briefcase with travel tickets meant for nearby clients of a travel agency my brother worked at. I've been chased and threatened by the mentally ill in our capitol city. I don't want them to get into trouble, but I'd like to walk downtown without the fear of being atracked. One man, wearing a costume, approached my ex-husband, uttered threats of violence and the police and found him in possession of a hatchet that was tucked into his pants and under his shirt. That was indeed very intimidating.
thats how American people keep people addicting under drugs
I feel really bad for Lynn Moore. He reminds me of myself
DEMONIC POSSESSION……………. IS AT THE ROOT……………….. OF MOST OF WHAT THEY CALL MENTAL ILLNESS.
UNTIL ADDRESSED ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL……………NOTHING CHANGES……………JESUS IS OUR ONLY HOPE.
This is proof that government is a total murderer!
This is so sad. These men are someone's son, and have family members who may have suffered alongside them. Watching this causes me to pray for those I know who live with mental illness.
How the hell can you swallow a cassette lol I don't believe that smfh 😂 that orher man said god gave him a needle feather and a rope😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Here's 2 weeks of your meds thanks will see you back in 3 weeks
People that have all their faculties, education, coming from a good family, goals, youthfulness, physical strength, resources, have a hard time making it in this culture. How in the hell do we expect someone with so much against them to be successful. Go ahead and keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome? Could the system be intentionally not designed to work properly?
41:21 KEITH ARRIVING "BEFORE" THEY HEAVILY MEDICATED HIM, HE CAN SPEAK AND THINK
43:26 KEITH "AFTER" BEING MEDICATED' CAN "NOT" SPEAK, CAN "NOT" THINK, JIBBERISH. MEDICATIONS HORRIBLE AND LOOKS HEAVIER/WEIGHT
BRIDGEWATER MANOR, SAID TAKE 70% OF YOUR INCOME, NO MATTER HOW MUCH, 70% NO MAXIMUM AMOUNT. HOW CAN THEY AFFORD TO EVER LEAVE WHEN THEY TAKE SUCH A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT
Dear god! I remember in nursing school people that were this sick were hospitalized! Finest example by the ‘richest’ nation.
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I’d rather my tax dollars go to help these people and veterans than to foreign countries.
Ever notice like back in the 60s-70s all this was basically unheard of?Sure it was around but no where near the magnitude….?
Um.,. no
We absolutely need long term facilities f9r the chronic mentally these people need to be monitored for there meds and staff needs to be professionals and backgrounds check ed
And people think it's wrong to try an breed this out of the poppulation
Pill give really said behind a dumpster
They have been brainwash by the American government
This is so ackwards, how can they send these people back into the streets. Do they care about the safely of the community?
The mental health system is a joke. It’s sad.
So, all over the world then? LOL 40:00
I worked for the biggest arseholes on the planet.
The psych drs make a FORTUNE and the social workers get screwed.
13:20 Telling the bin Laden guy to make sure he takes his medication is ridiculous and insulting.
Community Mental Health is a joke, especially where I used to work in Michigan. The executives did no work and got huge raises while we actual workers got nothing
When he said he has a spiritual illness, I felt that he knows what he’s talking about. Kundalini awakening mismanaged. Only in the US
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This discharge from prison is a set up for failure🤯
Just so very very sad , if one hasn't been there they have not a single clue ; not sure how they would want to be the way they are because they don't
I tried helping my ex girlfriend who was on a very destructive path and now she is headed to prison. Social media will tell you to never save a lady but if I can save one life in this lifetime, I will have successfully served the community. Life is harsh and sometimes, we just can’t save everyone.
It's time to create a safe community for people w/mental illness to live, thrive, and make the best of their lives.
I praise god i worked muself out of a shelter. Cant imahine doing itnjnder the circumstances that these men were expected to
Its cruel.rhat the asylims were shut down and standard for bejng able to function made so low so that so mamy suffer
I cant imagine anything worse than this kid of life. They are never free, just subdued. Its so sad. I saw a friend of mone get triggered into schizophrenia through meth and it was really horrible. He would go get mwntal help, basically a bed for a week but never any relief in his delusions. He thiughtbi was a witch and tried to do voodoo on me and ky daughter. And we frew up best friends
Very sad.
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Seeing this is sad but it's reality
Good series
Sad seeing this
Too many people with mental health issues get sent to prison.
Who. The. Heck. Let’s these criminals out of prison in the first place!
Keep them incarcerated like. Oh my god. Community safety comes first.
If you set a house on fire you need to stay in jail. You don’t get to get out.