Treatment of the Mentally Ill
Since the beginning of the eighteenth century, societies around the world, the American society specifically, have come face to face with a growing problem that continues to exist within our midst to this very day. It can oftentimes be seen while driving past certain street corners, within homeless shelters, in the forms of men, women, or children wandering aimlessly about in a confused, perplexed daze; those roaming the streets in search of warmth, food, and a moment’s peace; or those who have been left without the care of families or friends completely on their own within overcrowded hospitals without hope of ever truly recovering. All waiting to die, waiting to live again, waiting for a resolution that perhaps will or will not come. Yet despite all this hardly anyone lifts a finger to help, hardly anyone casts a glance of pity in their direction, or and hardly anyone takes it upon themselves to restore the peace and safety, that which rightfully belongs to all, to the one who needs it most of all. These individuals we so callously walk past, harden our hearts to, and deafen our ears to are none other than those who have been classified as mentally ill; persons afflicted psychologically day in and day out without any chance of being truly helped by the country or families that vowed to care for them.
