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Originally Posted by Hellion
But what exactly constitutes severe though? keep in mind this is the federal government we are dealing with and I question whether they really have the best intrests of the mentally ill in mind....leaning towards further limiting the rights of the mentally ill via bringing back widespread institusionalization and looking for signs of certain mental illnesses to force treatment on individuals under the basis that they might become violent all to 'protect' the public is a dangerous line to be walking and it seems that is exactly what they are doing.
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Given the current political climate of fiscal restraint I don't think we need to worry about widespread institutionalization.
I'm also having a hard time envisioning forced treatment when there are so many who want/need treatment and can't afford it.
To me severe would mean when lives are endangered whether that danger is to the public at large or the mentally ill.
My thought on the general subject is that nothing much is going to come of this good or bad.