• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Ok well I am not sure what to say except my entire family is crazy so I have seen the procedure, also my wife is a hospital nurse. Pretty much every hospital has a floor for emergency mental health admissions.

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      20 days ago

      Ah okay. So deinstitutionalization in that context was meant to include psychiatric institutions into general hospitals? Because that I can totally get behind.

      Based on the other comments I got the impression that there simply is no inpatient treatment plan for mental health in the US.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        20 days ago

        There used to be huge asylums. Now there are almost none and the few that remain are nearly empty. The big thing is stabilize the patient and setup a plan so they don’t have to come back again. Which usually involves housing, assigned case manager, medication, food stamps etc.