Sane v Sane. Who really needs a psychiatrist?

Question:

A lot of mental hospitals have been shut down over the last few years. Does this mean that psychiatrists are more proficient these days? Is mental illness on the wane?
Are most of the so-called 'sane' people of this world really sane, or are they just cleverly hiding their madness?

Answers:
There are less Mental Hospitals but many more teams to support people with Mental Helath issues in the community, afterall just because you have a Mental Illness does not mean you should have to live your days out in an institution. A very small minority of people with Mental Health problems are a danger to others, of those that can be it is a symptom which wanes and a very, very tiny minority need life long inpatient care in special units. The system has changed as have treatments and attitudes and it is all more humane and for the better.
Mental Hospitals were very unfair and scarry places sometimes. The former Mental Hospital in my City has had a wing renamed, which is now offices, in memory of the longest serving female patient there. She went in at15 and died there at 83, all because she got pregnant to a married man! I'm glad things are different!

I don't think they are hiding their madness I think there's just too many of us out there and they are running out of places to hid us!!!

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