re: Mental health services proposed for elimination in Louisiana budget

We've always sucked at these kind of things, might as well do away with these kind of services. LOL
Just lock them up dammit!!!
I hate this state

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Hopefully, this is just a power play by DHH

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That's what it sounds like.

The way that louisiana treats it's mentally ill population should be considered criminal. I have seen the decay over 20+ years of working in the mental health field. Each parish used to have a well staffed mental health clinic which truly helped the population. It has gradually been strangled to the point that it is nothing more than a facade.

Its not just about crazy people, a lot of people suffer from other mental barriers thats out of their control and it affects them in daily life without treatment. I don't think this wouldn't be smart to do

So you're saying your ok with putting families at risk just because other cities do the "same thing."

Bull fricking shite

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deal with a proposed $235 million state funding cut to her agency

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I don't see anything here about cutting staff or waste? Why not start there instead of fear-mongering.

Louisiana politics makes zero sense these days, its beyond aggravating.

I'm convinced these people are just mentally challenged

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Cute response, but i work in mental health for mississippi. And we just got cut multi millions AGAIN, year after year. 

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Florida then... Just trying to solve problems. I think they have a lot of crazies there. You ever hear of Florida man?

Backwards

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No need to waste hundreds of millions of dollars on the least valuable members of society

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Any idea what the cost of the amount of crime they would commit without these services would cost? Many would be institutionalized, through no real fault of their own, without these services.

Some things would be as little as petty theft for food and breaking and entering for warm places to sleep in the winter, some things would be as serious as homicide for something that would be taken care of with a simple pill and routine follow up.

I hope there is a decent backing from a charitable organization for some of these services if this goes through.

Chairtiable organizations are unable to truly have an impact on the issue. A charitable organization can not hold an individual against their will. And many will refuse any and all treatment, sinking into the underworld.

I was at CVS the other day. A crazy man barged in screaming and the CVS cadhier got in his face screaming that he had to leave. She said this man had stolen at least $50 dollars worth of stuff over the past few months. I asked her why she didn't call the the cops. She said she hand, numerous times. She said the man had been arrested at least 8 times. But he always ended back on the ducking street.