WAC Ronald Reagan and the Destruction of the Mental Health Systems Act of 1980

What a Creep

Margo Donohue

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🗓️ 9 August 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

What a Creep
Season 26, Episode 3
Ronald Reagan and “The Mental Health Systems Act 1980”

The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 was a significant piece of legislation to improve mental health care in the United States. It was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 7, 1980. The act was intended to restructure the federal approach to mental health services, emphasizing community-based care and providing grants to community mental health centers to improve their services.

When Ronald Reagan assumed the presidency in January 1981, his administration's policies marked a drastic shift from those of his predecessor, Jimmy Carter, particularly in the realm of social services and mental health care.

Trigger warning: Discussions of previous treatments for mental illness, suicide, sexual assault, and general assholery.

Sources:· Mental Health Systems Act (Wiki)· San Diego Union-Tribune· NPR· The American Library Association· National Library of Medicine· KQED-TV· Salon.com· The Hill· The New York Times (1984)· Psychiatry Online· C-Span “Washington Journal”· PBS News· Psychiatry News· Women’s History Org (Dorothea Dix)

Podcasts: The Dollop (Ronald Reagan), Behind the Bastards (Ronald Reagan,) Meet Your Heroes (Episode 13, Ronald Reagan,) and History Fix (Episode 60, Mental Health.)
Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/timeline-mental-health-america/

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0:00.0	Welcome to What a Creep. The show with Margotaniu and Sonia Mansfield talking about
0:06.0	creeps from the past to the present.
0:08.8	This is your quick guide to the biggest Creeps, jerks, ass, and losers, the best of the worst.
0:15.0	From two nice ladies who want the world to be a Creep, this is Margot Donahue and my cohort and
0:30.7	Crepe is the amazing Sonia Mansfield. Hey Sonia. Hello, my and my
0:35.0	cohort and creepitude as always is the amazing Sonia mansefield.
0:34.0	Hey Sonia.
0:35.0	Hello my friend, we are the podcast that talks about creeps from the past to the present.
0:40.0	Today we've got,
0:42.0	who Nellie, one of the biggest creeps. Yeah. Just so you know just to
0:49.1	starting at the top this is a big overview of Ronald Reagan and it's one kind of section of his creepiness.
0:57.0	There are others.
0:58.2	Sonia may very well do one right away or pretty soon.
1:01.0	We were just talking about it off the air.
1:02.8	Yeah, I think I'll pick up a part two and take on another segment of Reagan's
1:07.4	creepiness like there's a lot.
1:10.5	It's y'all
1:16.0	We'll get into it. Let's just do the rigmarole that we always do Yeah, yeah. We have a basic Facebook page that's where people go to complain about our language
1:20.7	This is your warning. We use salty language in this program and it
1:23.9	might be extra Margo and so Sonia Rage-inducing today language. Yeah,
1:30.4	Ragey Sonia Margo activated.
1:33.0	Eff words and C words are going to be dropped.
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