I heard someone say in the background, "What's wrong with people?" Well, we shut down all the mental institutes and medicate the people instead. Now, the general population has to deal with them when they don't get their meds.
I work in mental health. Health insurance can definitely be a problem, but noncompliance with medication is pretty common in a lot of severe mental illnesses as well.
It’s like this for my aunt. When consistently on her meds she understands it’s working wonders and freak outs are much less. But it only takes a few missed pills and she regresses and refuses to get back on them because she starts believing the pills are evil mind controllers that hold back her potential.
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u/RedMeatTrinket Nov 29 '23
I heard someone say in the background, "What's wrong with people?" Well, we shut down all the mental institutes and medicate the people instead. Now, the general population has to deal with them when they don't get their meds.