ONE WAY TICKET TO NOWHERE: AMERICA’S MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, is an in-depth report detailing how the nation currently deals with the mentally ill, who–by some estimates–make up as much as 25 percent of the U.S. population. The riveting report, hosted by Dan Rather, addresses how severe this problem has become for the nation’s hospitals, law enforcement agencies, and individual states. One state in particular, Nevada, has drawn heavy criticism for its mishandling of the mentally ill. For the special, Rather visits Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas to interview Nevada’s Director of Health & Human Services, and speak exclusively with former employees. Rather also talks to patients who have come forward for the first time to share their experiences at Rawson-Neal. The hard-hitting special also takes a look at the number of mentally ill who are killed each year by law enforcement officers, and new training procedures being put into place to better educate police on handling people with mental illness.
