tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post6839208765881166490..comments2024-03-18T16:12:26.134-07:00Comments on Gangsters Out Blog: Coughing up the gold plated pensionDennis Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06736981069304416233noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6576246045591350665.post-36092530918136128762013-04-12T08:27:01.911-07:002013-04-12T08:27:01.911-07:00AK: "I’m not saying Riverview was club med an...AK: "I’m not saying Riverview was club med and didn’t need some soul searching of it’s own, but putting the mentally ill on the street was wrong."<br /><br />The closing was the result of the discovery of the first pharmacological treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. And lithium for bipolar dis-order.<br /><br />It was thought most beneficial, to move the newly-medicated into group homes , which gives the client a closer bond with the neighborhood/community. The ability to go out, and experience as much of normal life as possible.<br /><br />But this all fell apart, when it became known, that expecting all the mentally-ill to follow a strict medication regime on their own didn't work. They would not take the medication. Not enough, of the then notorious group-homes for them.<br /><br />In the end, only a closely monitored setting ensures daily medication for many clients....freddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874780016491360565noreply@blogger.com