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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated

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To: KLP who wrote (320457)8/20/2009 7:22:16 PM
From: KLP  Read Replies (2) of 793957
 
More Government intervention that didn't work:

NEWS Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill

treatmentadvocacycenter.org

History:

Kennedy misguidedly believed that primary prevention and reduction in state hospitals could be achieved through community mental health centers. In Kennedy's speech THE DREAM, he began with prevention: "Here more than in any other area, an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure. For prevention is far more desirable for all concerned. It is far more economical and it is far more likely to be successful." Kennedy fostered the belief that the major problem was the existing institutional care of patients, and, in fact, not the disease itself

mentalhelp.net
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