Summary: In the spring of 1949 nearly every major newspaper in Texas published an eight-part series called “The Shame of Texas.” It was a shocking and horrid look at the state of mental health care in Texas and exposed them as the nation’s worst mental hospitals. Since then there have been periodic attempts at reform and fully funding mental health care in Texas – with mixed success. Today there continues to be a great unmet need for mental health professionals in the state. One reason for that is the
