Part of the problem with that report is that it is based on a book written in 1997. The Recession of Dubya played havoc with state budgets and guess which state turns up in the top rank of states which slashed their mental health care programs? Right. Illinois.
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/...ntally-ill
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/...ntally-ill
Quote:Illinois ($590.7 million in 2009 to $403.7 million in 2012, $-31.7 percent): Illinois has more mentally ill people living in nursing homes than any other state. In 2010, the state settled a class-action civil rights lawsuit, agreeing to help 5,000 of them transition into community programs within five years. As of July 2012, only 45 people had moved.
