Over the years the funding for mental health services has dramaticaly decreased. This has caused various problems. Mental health patients can no longer stay in a acute psychiatric facilities for as long ad they used to be able to. Recently, because of this people get admitted for what they call a 23 hr bed. Which basically is a given amount of time for a hospital to evaulate the patients. If they do not pose a threat to themselves or ithers then most likely they will be released. Another problem that has resulted from the lack of funding is that