Thinking about this further, the ACLU and the willing courts that followed its lead were all that was required to create the current even more inhumane system for our most mentally ill:
It doesn't matter if the venue is a state mental hospital or a community mental health center, if neither can force a patent to take their meds and otherwise get necessary treatment, or in the former case even stay in the hospital, then neither has the slightest chance of working.
And once that's true, and you're only allowed to pretend to take care of them, heck, you might as well fail in the cheapest way, which would be community mental health centers.
Sort of like how outsourcing can "work" for corporate software development projects: most of them fail, either outright or by not delivering even if they're declared to be a victory, so failing more cheaply by outsourcing can make sense.
It doesn't matter if the venue is a state mental hospital or a community mental health center, if neither can force a patent to take their meds and otherwise get necessary treatment, or in the former case even stay in the hospital, then neither has the slightest chance of working.
And once that's true, and you're only allowed to pretend to take care of them, heck, you might as well fail in the cheapest way, which would be community mental health centers.
Sort of like how outsourcing can "work" for corporate software development projects: most of them fail, either outright or by not delivering even if they're declared to be a victory, so failing more cheaply by outsourcing can make sense.