Mentally ill on U.S. streets lack support: one of the consequences of deinstitutionalization
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 17:31
in Health & Medicine
Between 2009 and 2012, states cut a total of $4.35 billion in public mental-health spending from their budgets. According to a report by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, significant cuts to general fund appropriations for state mental health agencies have translated …