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It was not, it was the Community Mental Health Act of 1963. Reagan was not the only president to slash public services, and Kennedy was a prick.

Edit: I’d say to be more fair that it was a combined effort, spread across multiple administrations, but largely acted upon by both Kennedy and Reagan. The effects of the act (overall) was detrimental for mental health services in the US.

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REAGAN

No it was actually Reagan, Ronald Reagan who shut down the mental health facilities and put people on the streets. He said that crazy people had a right to be crazy. So now they’re homeless on the streets

Lol WHAT?! Reagan shut down the institutions and put people on the streets.

So they needed reform, not elimination.

I will check it out. I will also argue that the act of closing them down was far more detrimental to both those in need of care and the community at large, considering now the people that needed those facilities are likely either in prison or on the streets.

Who hasn't wanted to toss their wife off a bridge once in a while amirite fellas!?!?

Ouch, tough crowd. No need to get up I'll let myself out 😂

No, it was Kennedy when he signed the Community Me tail Health Act in 1963.

Monson state hospital had a partially buried old bunker they would put people that weren't behaving. It was horrific.

Edit spelling of monson

So many guns, the old bank robbers from Charlestown used to throw their guns and they are all the Time in the 90s

Have you known anyone that was in one of those facilities before they shut down? Because I do. I've interviewed several of them, and put together a documentary for training purposes when I was managing group homes for DD adults. They were, in fact, VERY bad places. Look up the documentary Titicut Follies. A reporter snuck a belt camera into Bridgewater State (the psych side, not the prison side). Very eye opening.

...about what?

Nixon did that hun

Here's the fixed link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion

Same thing

Poor poor thing. A caretaker with delusions.

He must be a vampire!

I love that term, they aren’t a majority and are the furthest thing from silent.

Would be kinda nice if they shut the fuck up every now and then.

This literally made me laugh out loud, thank you!

At least old crates ,I think the tea gave the cod and haddock caffeine heart attacks centuries ago 😆 lol

How dare Kennedy push this woman off a bridge!!

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We literally don’t know what no mugshot “means.” Please explain.