Yeah, I can imagine it seemed like a good idea at the time. But it probably could have been done differently and I definitely think it should be fixed now!
That's why you're seeing more discourse about this in 2023. The pendulum is beginning to swing in the opposite direction, but it will take at least 10-15 years to see any impact.
I think youre right. Unfortunately, once the issue of, particularly homeless, severely mentally ill people is out of sight (i.e. no longer on the streets), it will be very easy for the issue to be forgotten by the masses.
And it would be a huge cost center, since many of the patients would likely not have large quantities of savings, so no good material incentives to do it well either.
It would be dangerously easy to fall right back into the terrible asylums of the past.
