The mental-health-care system in the United States too often neglects the needs of Americans living with serious mental-health conditions and addiction. The system is fragmented and underfunded, and treatment is often provided in nontherapeutic places like jails and prisons.
U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy (R., Pa.) is ready to do something to fix this mess. Murphy is trained as a clinical psychologist, has years of experience in mental-health care, and, in an interview with CNN, he alluded to the serious challenges of mental illness in his family when he was growing up.
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