Crazy in the street

The paper by Paul S. Appelbaum ,Crazy in the street is reflected on the implications of societies treatment to the mentally ill. He begins with in the past and present about the maltreatment of people suffering from psychotic illnesses. Where in New York City, these people find refuge in subway tunnels, and depend on cardboard fragments for comfort. These conditions are considered to be sprayed out through urban America. Paul mentions that our nation has …

…from any form of care. This accounts for the many homeless people present today. Psychiatrist hoped for liberating patients from state hospitals to demolish the chronic dependency that strained from state hospitals. This studies show that patients discharged to the community were discriminated for their illness. Deinstitutionalization was practiced in this country to move against poverty and injustice but it failed. The government officials actually created more poverty and more injustice by pursuing these goals.