Comment by golergka

> something that is arguably essential for the majority of people

Our perception of this changes with time, radically. A few ages ago a chair would have seemed unneeded luxury for most of the world's population.

> Funny enough, that infrastructure existing (in theory) was why mental hospitals started to close down in favor of "mental health clinics" back in the day [1].

Mental hospitals are treating cases much more severe and rare (thankfully) that most of modern therapy. One hour of gestalt therapy a week will not do any good for a violent schizophrenic in a psychotic episode.