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Tim Murphy

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285 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

More homicides, as you know, 10% of homicides are committed by someone with schizophrenia, even though schizophrenia is 1% of the population. And 30% of mass murders are some with uncontrolled schizophrenia. Sometimes people will use this phrase and say, well, a person with schizophrenia is no more likely to murder someone than some without. And that's totally false.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

More homicides, as you know, 10% of homicides are committed by someone with schizophrenia, even though schizophrenia is 1% of the population. And 30% of mass murders are some with uncontrolled schizophrenia. Sometimes people will use this phrase and say, well, a person with schizophrenia is no more likely to murder someone than some without. And that's totally false.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

That study was done comparing people with schizophrenia in treatment and people who don't have schizophrenia. And so among those groups, that's pretty similar. But when you have someone without treatment, without care, without wraparound services, without their medication, they can deteriorate and become violent, not only in the streets and to their family, but also in jail or somewhere else.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

That study was done comparing people with schizophrenia in treatment and people who don't have schizophrenia. And so among those groups, that's pretty similar. But when you have someone without treatment, without care, without wraparound services, without their medication, they can deteriorate and become violent, not only in the streets and to their family, but also in jail or somewhere else.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

That study was done comparing people with schizophrenia in treatment and people who don't have schizophrenia. And so among those groups, that's pretty similar. But when you have someone without treatment, without care, without wraparound services, without their medication, they can deteriorate and become violent, not only in the streets and to their family, but also in jail or somewhere else.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

What also is occurring in terms of the homeless area, in terms of the number of homeless that have increased dramatically in this country, we've had a system that has been strained far beyond its capacity. It's already beyond strains. when you have several million immigrants come to this country and they have no place to go.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

What also is occurring in terms of the homeless area, in terms of the number of homeless that have increased dramatically in this country, we've had a system that has been strained far beyond its capacity. It's already beyond strains. when you have several million immigrants come to this country and they have no place to go.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

What also is occurring in terms of the homeless area, in terms of the number of homeless that have increased dramatically in this country, we've had a system that has been strained far beyond its capacity. It's already beyond strains. when you have several million immigrants come to this country and they have no place to go.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So they've shoved people out of homeless shelters and put the immigrants in there, which puts a homeless on the street again. Last year in 2024, HUD just released information from a January assessment done, January of 2024. But they didn't release it until Christmas week, the Friday after Christmas in December of 2024, that homelessness actually grew about 18% in the United States.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So they've shoved people out of homeless shelters and put the immigrants in there, which puts a homeless on the street again. Last year in 2024, HUD just released information from a January assessment done, January of 2024. But they didn't release it until Christmas week, the Friday after Christmas in December of 2024, that homelessness actually grew about 18% in the United States.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

So they've shoved people out of homeless shelters and put the immigrants in there, which puts a homeless on the street again. Last year in 2024, HUD just released information from a January assessment done, January of 2024. But they didn't release it until Christmas week, the Friday after Christmas in December of 2024, that homelessness actually grew about 18% in the United States.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Absurd that they waited 12 months to give that. Cruel that they waited 12 months to do that. True, because Congress can't do anything without data. But then they say things like, oh, look, someone is getting better. They've got some cities have reduced homelessness. And that's silly because what happens is they reduce homelessness by helping those who can easily adapt to help.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Absurd that they waited 12 months to give that. Cruel that they waited 12 months to do that. True, because Congress can't do anything without data. But then they say things like, oh, look, someone is getting better. They've got some cities have reduced homelessness. And that's silly because what happens is they reduce homelessness by helping those who can easily adapt to help.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Absurd that they waited 12 months to give that. Cruel that they waited 12 months to do that. True, because Congress can't do anything without data. But then they say things like, oh, look, someone is getting better. They've got some cities have reduced homelessness. And that's silly because what happens is they reduce homelessness by helping those who can easily adapt to help.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Like some people just don't have an apartment or they don't have the money or they miss payments. All right, we'll get them into temporary housing and they'll move towards getting a job in permanent housing.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Like some people just don't have an apartment or they don't have the money or they miss payments. All right, we'll get them into temporary housing and they'll move towards getting a job in permanent housing.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

Like some people just don't have an apartment or they don't have the money or they miss payments. All right, we'll get them into temporary housing and they'll move towards getting a job in permanent housing.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

But even if they reduce homelessness in those towns by 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 percent, well, that's expected because that's the people who are mentally much better and some of them pretty okay and with some assistance they can do better. But it doesn't address the chronically seriously mentally ill people with major problems. And so that gets ignored.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

But even if they reduce homelessness in those towns by 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 percent, well, that's expected because that's the people who are mentally much better and some of them pretty okay and with some assistance they can do better. But it doesn't address the chronically seriously mentally ill people with major problems. And so that gets ignored.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Tim Murphy's Fight for Mental Health Reform

But even if they reduce homelessness in those towns by 10 or 20 or 30 or 40 percent, well, that's expected because that's the people who are mentally much better and some of them pretty okay and with some assistance they can do better. But it doesn't address the chronically seriously mentally ill people with major problems. And so that gets ignored.