hey still crazy,

there's nothing in my view that can replace the support of family in dealing with the vagaries of mental illness as often times these illnesses are incredibly isolating in so many ways people get disconnected from the day to day social rhythms of life, so it is good you have your folks to help you

and yes having some money helps in life and particularly to escape the worst consequences of whatever else is going on.

I don't know how I feel about the state selling off hospital beds. At the very least there are people in prison who belong in mental institutions, to get treatment, much more so than just the criminally insane.

About schizophrenia... I don't know how or why it is viewed the way it is in western societies vs. let's say in tribal cultures with their shamanistic people. Schizophrenia has been around for a long time and it is only in some cultures that the idea of what to do with people is to lock them away out of site. If the condition is viewed as hopeless that makes the moral question of not doing anything to help less intense.