From Horrors to Homelessness: How our Crumbling Mental Health System Contributed to a Crisis on our Streets (Part I)

Send us Fan MailAsylums were scary ass places and the institutions that followed weren’t always much better. Today, Jen and Carolyn are going to talk about the history of institutional mental healthcare in this country and how shutting down state-run facilities has contributed to unacceptably large numbers of people struggling with severe mental health issues living on the street. Part I will focus on history and Part II will focus on Jen and Carolyn’s home of San Francisco. Early Psychiatric Hospitals & AsylumsPsychological Horror or Saving Grace? The Surprising History of Asylums in AmericaDeclared Insane for Speaking Up: The Dark American History of Silencing Women Through PsychiatryThe Story That Revealed Willowbrook's Horrors