Now that COVID-19 has come under control, it seems that we now return to business-as-usual: mass shootings at the mall by the mentally ill who are then put in jail or prison with no medical treatment to speak of.
This has got to end. The problem is that the Law – the Law – forbids helping the mentally ill unless they ask for it. As any psychiatrist will tell you, this does not happen. So, the shootings continue.
There is, however, a newly formed organization called Hope Street Coalition whose goal is to address the fundamental issues, namely, homelessness, bad laws and policies, and SMI (serious mental illness). Its founder, Paul Webster, is former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Senior Policy Advisor. See the Feb. 4, 2021 video about his launch Video Archives - Healing Minds NOLA and give him your support website .
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