•The fundamental problem with the current mental health system is that virtually no one recovers their health
and very few are even
making progress toward recovery. [Reference
King County RSN Recovery Model report for 2001, 2002 and 2003 less than 1% recover their health. This King County ordinance is or
rather was (it was modified and no longer tracks recovery of health) unique in the state of
Washington. No other RSN, nor the MHD tracks recovery of health]
•The public mental health system can be deemed to be a system of maintaining individuals in their chronic
mental illness. [Reference: CCHR White Paper on CREATING CHRONIC
ILLNESS, August 2004]
•This places a tremendous burden on the public mental health system to meet existing demand, yet still be required to service anyone new to the system who is Medicaid eligible.