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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bless this dad's heart, but calling his son "evil" rather than "mentally ill" is a huge part of the problem.

Failing to treat psychiatric disorders, including ASDs, are a major cause of violence in our society.  Our prisons are full of people with mental health problems who committed crimes because they have mental health problems.  If people want to do something after an event like Sandy Hook to stop it from happening again, educating society about the need to treat psychiatric disorders, creating a template for what families should do about children and adult children with psychiatric disorders would be a place to start.

Additional resources would also help, but the Lanzas weren't short on money. They just were clueless about what to do with it to help their son.

It's true that most kids with ASDs aren't violent, but some kids with ASDs are violent.  It's true that most people with mental health problems aren't violent, but some are very, very violent.  We need to address that fact squarely, without panic or scape-goating or witch hunting, and develop means to help those people. [/quote]

Excellent comments here. Although most ASDs aren't violent, it's also naïve to describe them all as sweet. When they do act out or engage in harm towards others, it's often from a misguided perspective of others. Still, they can display violent behavior. Medication has helped many of them participate in typical school activities, but it seems that Nancy Lanza wasn't in favor of medicating her son. In this situation, I do think he needed meds.[/quote]

It was recommended by doctors that Lanza be medicated for his severe anxiety not for his Asperger's.  While anxiety (and depression) is commonly comorbid for Asperger's, there is no medication "just" for Asperger's itself - when someone with AS is on meds, it's always for a comorbid condition that medication can help like ADHD, anxiety, depression, etc.[/quote]

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