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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mental health services available to everyone would be great, but this guy was already getting those services.

I have serious issues with the death penalty and think it should be barred from being used for people who mentally ill, mentally retarded and children. I think the Supreme Court has already ruled on the latter two. [/quote]

He was getting services.  And he was telling people for years about how he wanted to kill people.   His one psychologist said he'd been obsessed with killing people for over a decade.

But he was allowed to buy guns and other weapons legally from stores.   You can't pilot a plane if you are taking anti-depression meds, but you can buy a gun even if you've let everyone know you want to kill people.[/quote]

I agree with you but also think our[b] mental health resources[/b] and professionals have made it too hard to provide institutionalized care for those who truly need it. I haven't seen one picture of him with what I would view as a "normal" facial expression. [/quote]

We have grossly inadequate mental health resources services.  That's the problem.   In the 60s, there were 350 psychiatric beds per 100,000 people.  Now there are about 15 beds.   Most studies show we need a minimum of 50 beds per 100,000.   I'm not talking about a return to insane asylums like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.   But both modern-day community and residential services that actually meet our needs.   Psychiatrists can't refer people somewhere if there's nowhere to go.  Families can't figure out how to help their loved ones stay on or change medications to best suit needs if there are no providers out there.

Right now our jails are our nation's biggest mental health providers.   That doesn't do anyone any good.[/quote]

PP here. I am fully aware of all that you've said and agree completely. [/quote]

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