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From: Yana

Any effort to remake mental health care in this country needs to 
include a focus on what can be done to help the multitudes of poor 
people and disenfranchised people who show up in distressed emotional 
states in emergency rooms and homeless shelters, and the eventual 
routing of many such people to jails and prisons.  But, in my 
opinion, if we want to find a solution, we should focus on providing 
housing, social support and jobs that help people lead meaningful 
lives. If we want to reduce the number of people said to be mentally 
ill and in jail, then we should focus on reducing poverty in this 
country. Substantially raising the minimum wage would, undoubtedly, 
be a good first step in addressing this problem.

https://www.madinamerica.com/2014/12/debate-allen-frances-robert-whitaker/ 


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