He Was Locked Up in a Psych Ward. It Helped Him Get His Life Together.

Lamar Brown went through a rigorous program at a New York State psychiatric hospital aimed at stopping the “revolving door” for homeless people with mental illness.Lamar Brown in Riverside Park, near his Manhattan apartment, in September. He moved to the apartment last year after a lengthy stay at a hospital program for people with histories of mental illness and homelessness.