Story by Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA

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An ongoing two-year Spotlight PA investigation challenges some of the most common misconceptions about mental health treatment in Pennsylvania — most significantly that when people can’t or don’t get help, it’s their fault.

The investigation’s findings show that despite Pennsylvania’s public promises, the state has failed to build a viable community mental health system to help those with the most severe needs.

Because of that failure, many Pennsylvanians were driven into homelessness, unemployment, or incarcerat

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