75 percent. (Transition) As the invention of psychiatric drugs and public interest in the treatment of the mentally ill grew, State institutions were shut down. Many patients began new lives, no longer tied to hospitals, and given freedom to take charge of their lives. Many other patients though, struggled controlling their illness without the 24-hour care of hospitals. IIIMental Health Care today.A.Community public hospitals and private hospitals begin to treat mentally ill. 1.Treatment focused on getting patient back into community, and supporting themselves. 2.Social workers, case managers, vocational rehab work together to support people who need help with family, work, or medical issues. 3.Increased study of mental illness develops new medications to treat mental illness B. Downfalls of current mental health system. 1.Patients often restricted due to cost of treatment and lack of insurance. 2.People who have mental illness often fall between cracks, ending up homeless, or in jail, or in nursing homes. 3.Stigmas of mental illness make community integration difficult. (Transition) Mental health care today allows a person with an illness liberty and freedom that wouldn’t have been available only a short time ago. The problem lies however, in making sure everyone with mental illness has access to treatment. Now, lets look at what we have talked about. CONCLUSIONI.Today I have given you a brief overview of how we have treated mental illness in America1.Mental health has moved from huge State Institutions, where 1000’s of people lived and spent their entire lives. 2.The invention of anti-psychotics liberated many from the need for 24-hour care.3.Now we have a system that allows freedom, and choice to patients, but often fails to support them. 4.What happens now? Hopefully as awareness of Mental illness develops, and treatment options are found, we will find a place for those people in our community that...
