tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post5769500324466550865..comments2024-01-30T02:11:46.400-08:00Comments on M. E. Franco, Author: Mental Health Services "Slipping Through the Cracks" M. E. Francohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12879665164475479116noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-77020180419254144162012-12-20T09:32:24.057-08:002012-12-20T09:32:24.057-08:00I don't know why that can't admit that de-...I don't know why that can't admit that de-institutionalization was a huge mistake. I don't know the powers that be think it's okay for people to walk the streets dirty, starving, confused, and begging people for change. You know I love San Francisco, but that city is one of the worst for allowing people to be "free." Many of them self medicate with alcohol and illegal M. E. Francohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879665164475479116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-54631856198055915922012-12-19T18:37:54.538-08:002012-12-19T18:37:54.538-08:00I'm so glad you are my friend! Bravo! Like y...I'm so glad you are my friend! Bravo! Like you I worked around the field in the 80's, but I did data research for a Psychologist and some department heads. I spent practically 2 years pulling records and quantifying patients status'. The goal was to show that patients were functioning just as well or better since they closed all of those facilities. The study (grant funded I wantRJ Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02979396215415176767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-30579165497581461972012-12-19T16:01:04.320-08:002012-12-19T16:01:04.320-08:00I read your blog, and I am so sorry you have been ...I read your blog, and I am so sorry you have been scarred by violence. You are right, mental illness is still has a stigma attached to it causing some to hide their symptoms/diagnoses from others. Even though the vast majority of those suffering from mental illness are harmless to others, the few who are violent make it seem as though the percentage is much higher. I know people want answers/wantM. E. Francohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879665164475479116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-35753750707456801062012-12-19T13:52:44.318-08:002012-12-19T13:52:44.318-08:00Thank you, M.E. You and I are on the same page. ...Thank you, M.E. You and I are on the same page. The mentally ill need help, not condemnation. I remember well when the government shut down almost all of the long term mental health facilities. My mother was a volunteer at one of them. She was so upset, because she saw what the future held and it was downright scary. My mom was right. Individuals like those you have described need to be Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-81409014148274783362012-12-19T07:50:00.972-08:002012-12-19T07:50:00.972-08:00You're right Janna. While we are lucky to have...You're right Janna. While we are lucky to have funding in this county, many places have minimal or no mental health services available at all or are too expensive. Even though we have funding here, it is up to the patient to seek out treatment. In many cases they are too ill to do so, or they don't know how.M. E. Francohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879665164475479116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-77936569863996126092012-12-18T21:09:14.713-08:002012-12-18T21:09:14.713-08:00Well said, Michelle. I couldn't agree with you...Well said, Michelle. I couldn't agree with you more. We do not address the mental health issues in this country. But unless we acknowledge that the violent acts committed by mentally ill people are in fact due to the lack of health care they desperately need, nothing will change.<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516362174886470013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-27064052417689874312012-12-18T19:50:09.133-08:002012-12-18T19:50:09.133-08:00In my experience, that was very common. Thankfully...In my experience, that was very common. Thankfully, my injuries were minor. I was never hospitalized myself, but I knew many people who were. Thank you so much for sharing this story, Everett.M. E. Francohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879665164475479116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-2200660217047301372012-12-18T19:41:14.793-08:002012-12-18T19:41:14.793-08:00I once had a patient who worked at a facility for ...I once had a patient who worked at a facility for schizophrenics. In the 10 months I treated her for an initial back injury I documented at least 10 additional injuries. She was slugged in the head several times, kicked, slammed against the wall, punched, etc. Her initial injury occurred when she was bending forward to change a male patient's diaper. He balled his fists and slammed her on theEverett Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13447056422273768436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-72196262872366069562012-12-18T18:55:06.294-08:002012-12-18T18:55:06.294-08:00Very true. Very true. M. E. Francohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879665164475479116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-26802621203629714732012-12-18T18:37:31.554-08:002012-12-18T18:37:31.554-08:00Cain didn't have a gun...Cain didn't have a gun... <br />perplexityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577531503029352390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-11221206452972116262012-12-18T18:29:40.390-08:002012-12-18T18:29:40.390-08:00Exactly, in 1927, in Bath Michigan, a man beat his...Exactly, in 1927, in Bath Michigan, a man beat his wife to death, set fire to his farm, and blew up the school in town killing 38 children and six adults and himself using dynamite he bought at the hardware store that also carried other explosives. These problems are not new.M. E. Francohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879665164475479116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-928911558791185732.post-90455139783842301152012-12-18T18:14:48.083-08:002012-12-18T18:14:48.083-08:00Right on Michelle! Vilifying the gun is not the an...Right on Michelle! Vilifying the gun is not the answer. I know people will say, but if there weren't guns this wouldn't happen. Fine take always ALL guns and see if murders cease. In the end it was human being who chose to bring harm to others. Guns, knives, rocks, arrows, gas chambers, rope, electric chairs, lethal injections ALL require human hands to operate them...and even those can Thomas Amohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196879441017461127noreply@blogger.com