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Mental Health Care in America: What My Oldest Brother and Cousin Taught Me
Personal experiences with his brother Glenn and cousin Milo shaped Herb Reese’s concern for people with severe mental illness. This reflection recounts their struggles, examines changes in public mental health care, and calls Christians to speak for vulnerable people whose needs too often go unheard in communities across the country.
Mental Health Care in America: What My Oldest Brother and Cousin Taught Me
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2 thoughts on “Mental Health Care in America: What My Oldest Brother and Cousin Taught Me”
This is very insightful Dr. Reese, thank you for sharing. I have helped in our local homeless charities and experienced the growing homeless population creeping into neighborhoods where they were not seen until recently. It is a crisis and we don’t have solutions as a nation.
So much infrastructure was discarded by our political leaders that had worked in the past including areas like mental health care, immigration control and balanced budget controls. While Reagan may be one of the keys to starting the changes, I believe it was the whole shift in mentality brought on by the 60’s Peace & Love generation who rejected God for their own self-interests and fulfillment that has brought us to where we are today. The sooner that generation loses its grip on power, the better, IF the next generation will have the wherewithal to right the ship again and follow God’s plan for our nation, not its own.
Good comment, Ken. Us baby boomers have a lot to answer for.
FYI, I have an unfinished Ph.D. and an unfinished D.Min. I didn’t want to teach or earn a degree with my post graduate work, I just wanted to learn. Unfortunately, two unfinished doctorates don’t equal a finished one. So I’m not Dr. Reese, I’m just Herb (with an aspirated “H”).