[Magdalen] Washington Post article on involuntary hospitalization of the mentally ill

[Kate Conant]

Thank you for this inspiring link.

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 5:32 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> That would be the fault of the professionals.  There is no excuse for the
> lack of community care. As I say, it's been a known quantity since the
> fifties. And it has a track record reaching way back, so, to sound like a
> broken record, there is no excuse.
>
> Some might find this article interesting.  When I began working in mental
> health, we were studying all the ideas that have born fruit. This is one of
> the older ones.
>
>
> http://aeon.co/magazine/health/the-town-where-the-mentally-ill-get-a-warm-welcome/
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Except that community care is pretty much nonexistent in most places.
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Roger Stokes <
> > roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > On 15/02/2015 17:25, Susan Hagen wrote:
> > >
> > >> This is the link to the Washington Post article:
> > >>
> > >> http://tinyurl.com/ng34evr
> > >>
> > >
> > > Thanks, as the piece points out helping somebody in the community can
> be
> > > more effective and cheaper than incarcerating them.
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> >
>