Dominic Hospital before taking off his clothes in the middle of the street has started a conversation about the need for mental health treatment in the state.
Budget cuts to the department of mental health could impact how those patients receive treatment, and whether or not they get the help they need.
Budget cuts for state agencies have hit the Mississippi department of mental health hard.
We don’t know this man’s particular case, but we wanted to know if there could be a spillover of patients in smaller facilities like this.
“Depression is real. Dominic Hospital.
“It makes you think about our state hospitals and the beds that they are closing and how that may impact society,” Jackson Resident, Jacobi Grant said.
The Department of Mental Health is dealing with an $8.3 million budget cut.
The majority of cuts for the Mississippi State Hospital were to the chemical dependency units, and in the medical, psychiatric unit. Hogan said.

The state oversees 12 programs across Mississippi that offer services to people dealing with mental illness, substance abuse, and other disabilities.

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