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"many responded well to antipsychotics" citation needed because if there is something most humans don't do is respond well to antipsychotics. Especially because antipsychotics only work on a really really small subset of mental illnesses. What an uninformed comment.

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Paranoid schizophrenia and manic depression are common among that group. The antipsychotics (or similar) help them distinguish reality from fantasy long enough to consent to further care.

There are many types of mental illness, but most don't (usually) lead to living on the streets in the long term.

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