In 2014, Bernard Walker, who had a schizoaffective disorder, was given the chance to live independently after years of living in an adult home. In 2016, after months of struggling in supported housing, he was found dead.
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In this scene from FRONTLINE and ProPublica’s documentary “Right to Fail,” Bernard’s neighbor Carmen Pacheco describes how he began acting strangely in the months before his death. Bernard was one of hundreds of New York residents who made the transition from adult homes to living independently after a landmark court settlement allowed psychiatrically disabled residents to move into affordable apartments.
FRONTLINE and ProPublica’s investigation reveals how, for some, the transition to living on their own had dire consequences
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Mental illness seem to be the new catch all cause for all victims and suspects, while climate change accounts for all other natural calamities. I guess we might as well just kiss our A… goodbye.
SMH
They should reopen asylums for the disturbed and out of control mentally ill.
I have a mental Ill brother he is 36.. it is easy from a distance to say “why didn’t his brother take care of him†when in reality, its so hard to take care of someone when he don’t think he needs family to take care of them, they don’t think they have a problem. This is so hard to see in real life not just a YouTube video
I don't know if it's just me but I noticed that A LOT of people who are mentally ill like to practice karate out in the open. I wonder why that is.
How can you live in this world and not have a mental disorder…we all suffer from it.
Question #1, why the hell didn't his brother check on him regularly.
If family can't care for these poor people; who can?! Everyone dies no one avoids it some die sooner.
Personally I think 50% of the subway population has slipped through the cracks
It has been the common feeling that after the invention of some of the drugs used to treat these conditions that we could just close all psychiatric facilities. I still see people who should be placed there at least temporarily. Just a thought and opinion
His brother should be taking care of him !
When New Yorkers with mental illness slip through the cracks they become Democrat party politicians.
This is insane!! Some need the opportunity. They must be watched CLOSELY!!
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