Detroits got a normal amount of people with mental health issues, but a significantly less than normal amount of resources for them. Like the article mentions, a lot of the time the people get arrested, get treatment and medication for a short duration, which is great, however theres little follow up, and the treatment usually isnt enough to find a good balance of medications. The end result is a problem with unhomed people, who dont know how to take care of themselves. We dont get the tent cities, with mass amounts of people banding together. Instead, we get people that dont understand the concept of shelter, people that lose knuckles and toes to frostbite in the winter, even when theres a homeless shelter offering free lodging, and coats that convert into sleeping bags.

You see the people asking for 35 cents, who wont accept two quarters, because they dont understand 50 cents is more than 35...like, this is not just addiction. Yes, it is a factor, but usually caused by the underlying mental health issues.