Allen Frances, MD, tells us in an article entitled: Fixing the Mental Health System: Snake Pits, Dungeons, and Back Alleys | Psychiatric Times, "I have been in both places and can assure you that the fate of psychiatric patients in prison dungeons is much worse than was their plight in snake pit hospitals."

Dr. Frances seeks comments about how the broken mental health system in the USA might be fixed. My first thought is that our representatives put politics aside and make changes beneficial to those who so desperately need proper treatment.