<story><title>The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill</title><url>http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21582535-costly-criminalisation-mentally-ill-locked</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>phren0logy</author><text>I am an HN regular, and a forensic psychiatrist. Every day I work with mentally ill people who have been charged with crimes. I don&amp;#x27;t have much to add here except to say thanks for taking an interest.&lt;p&gt;The mentally ill and the incarcerated are two of the most deeply marginalized groups in our society. It&amp;#x27;s nice that someone outside of our world is thinking about them.</text></comment>
<story><title>The costly criminalisation of the mentally ill</title><url>http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21582535-costly-criminalisation-mentally-ill-locked</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>auctiontheory</author><text>I see many comments here about developers upset about being treated as &amp;quot;just a developer.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Well, if you want to be respected as more than &amp;quot;just a developer,&amp;quot; you&amp;#x27;ll need to understand more about the real world. Specifically people.&lt;p&gt;If that doesn&amp;#x27;t convince you, look at it this way: healthcare is a huge, growing, and technologically behind-the-curve industry. It offers a huge market for your services. Mental healthcare needs better solutions.&lt;p&gt;Also, I have met my share of severally mentally disturbed developers. So this could be any of us we&amp;#x27;re talking about.</text></comment>