Joel Cauchi's mother's struggle to secure help for her son, who suffered from untreated schizophrenia, highlights failures in the mental health care system. Despite his academic achievements, his condition worsened when he stopped taking medication. Testimonies from the inquest revealed a repeated theme of families exhausting their efforts within a flawed system. Experts indicated that the dismantling of mental health asylums in the 1970s was not met with adequate community support funding, leading to an ongoing crisis where increasing psychological distress remains unaddressed.
The system is letting down people in a crisis, like Cauchi. The state's failure to pick up on his slide after he stopped medication is a familiar story.
Psychiatrists noted that community services were meant to support those in need after asylums were dismantled, but funding never matched the shift.
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