>> Recently, the closest large (and leftist) city to me has been in a lot of
>> trouble for what their police and jail system have been up to. However, one
>> of the most recent things they've been criticised for is putting people with
>> obvious mental conditions into the local state-run psych hospital rather
>> than into "mainstreaming programs."
> I'm in wisconsin. if people want help they can't even get it. psychologists
> and psychiatrists can not earn a living here in this state. I guess it has
> something to do with insurance coverage and other factors. I'm no expert, I
> just know of people who needed help and had to go to a regular doctor who gave
> them pills instead.
I think that happens here, too, for people who don't get arrested and
thrown in a psych hospital. If your insurance covers mental health then
you can get help, otherwise maybe not.
> I guess after the pandemic the need for mental health professionals has
> increased even more.
Indeed. Some people didn't adjust to being home all the time too well while
others didn't adjust to transistioning back to "normal."
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