Originally Posted by
cattletruck
Perhaps the shrinks should arrange some adjustment time for these ill people before they are allowed near heavy machinery, particularly if there is no support.
Mental health issues are the new scourge of the modern world and their is no one size fits all answer to the problem. This situation is also not helped by the many inexperienced psychologists seeking to make a nice quick buck out of this profession.
One of the reasons there are so many disturbed souls walking the streets is that governments have ruthlessly reduced the places available in mental institutions. It's not that long ago that someone who had just been cast out of a mental institution would not have been able to buy an airline ticket because he would not have had control of his own finances - that would have been the job of a guardian.