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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It frustrates me to no end for people to believe there's a quick or eat fix to mental illness. The ability to control your actions or not doesn't make someone less dead. You can throw buckets of money at this problem and it means nothing. You're applying ration and logic to a situation where it has no place.

Ask any family member of a schizophrenic. They're all just waiting for the call that someone is dead, either the family or a victim. [/quote]

My brother was a paranoid schizophrenic who was spiraling downward at age 19. After some off the wall behavior my mother had him committed to a mental hospital and he didn’t get out for a good year and a half. It was not a nice place but it was all therapy, drugs and structure all the time. Not sure how she got him committed - this was the 80’s- or how it was paid for (probably cost 200k?) but he was able to get out and lead a productive life. He has a PhD now and a good long term job and while he’s kinda weird sometimes not been mentally ill all these 40 + years. 
What it takes is extensive and intensive treatment. Our country doesn’t want to spend the money because for some reason we don’t care. When some important lawmakers family is affected things change a bit but never enough to truly make a difference.

Perhaps someone can sue the DC govt somehow for not treating this man resulting in the death of their loved one. Get the ball rolling on change?[/quote]

As a DC tayoayer who will ultimately pay, I think DC government should absolutely be sued if that's what it takes to address the glaring holes in treating and holding the mentally ill until they can function well in greater society. I believe the police chief said something likes "these things unfortunately happen in big cities"- a totally inadequate response when "fortune" has nothing to do with the city itself releasing this guy when they had him under psychiatric care, against the advice of his doctors. What has the Mayor and the DA office said in terms of addressing and fixing these missteps? The council? If it takes suuing, I would think the citizens of DC could file a class action. The body count is insane for the youth offenders they release, plea down etc (many with drug/mental challenges) who go on the kill DC residents.[/quote]

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