An Inclusive Litany

8/10/98

Following a deadly attack on the Capitol, Katie Couric interviews two psychologists on the "Today" show, July 29, 1998:
Quickly, we're almost out of time, but it seems to me that money is an issue. That [mental health] funding was cut 25 percent during the Reagan administration. It's gone down ever since. Don't we need to funnel more money into helping these people? The fact that half of the homeless population may be untreated mentally ill is a real tragedy don't you think?