Part 7: Mental Health Care in Hampton Roads: "Streeting," Guns and Budgets

Authors

Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2013

Publication Title

The State of the Region: Hampton Roads 2013

Pages

128-143

Abstract

Virginia no longer institutionalizes many mentally ill individuals, but mental health budgets are insufficient to meet demands. The Commonwealth’s rather lax gun laws limit our ability to keep guns out of the hands of dangerously mentally ill people.

Comments

Full document for The State of the Region: Hampton Roads 2013 available at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.25776/akpg-mx91

Repository Citation

Regional Studies Institute, Old Dominion University, "Part 7: Mental Health Care in Hampton Roads: "Streeting," Guns and Budgets" (2013). State of the Region Reports: Hampton Roads. 50.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/sor_reports/50