What We Have Learned

What We Have Learned

The Underlying Problem of Societal Ills Isn't Mental Illness

When we remove mental illness as the scapegoat, what do we have left?

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Heidi J Kellam
Nov 18, 2025
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Homelessness

Walk around Los Angeles on any given day, and you’ll see tents. Tents on the sidewalks of public streets.

You already know. These people aren’t camping out for fun the way your boss takes his dog and 2.5 kids camping in Big Bear every summer. They aren’t camping for recreation. They are trying to have shelter. To live.

Perhaps this is why yo…

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