After being denied treatment for mental illness, man runs down five, kills one
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Our society is beoming too reactionary. We brush everything under the carpet until it piles up and trips us. There is still a stigma associated with mental illness that prevents people from treating it as an illness; instead, they ignore it and avoid those who are ill instead of helping them to get the treatment they need. |
The people who denied him mental treatment also NEED some sort of treatment.
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Well you can only do so much. If someone is brought into a hospital you can only hold them involuntarily for 72 hours before they are released. We can't keep the mentally ill locked up indefinitely.
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Too reactionary indeed, unless you have a good reason for doing some generally not considered kosher you're liable to get sued and financially screwed.
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There are ways of getting a person such care, but it requires some work. You have to file some paperwork and swear before a judge that your claims to a person's mental illness/danger are true and all accounts of yours to back it are accurate, etc., and then the judge can decide to have the person picked up. (I assume this process varies from state to state, but this is fairly basic as far as I know)
Once picked up, they are required to be given a psychoanalysis before being released. Quote:
These people might be a danger- and seeing as we lock up criminals for being dangerous, this is no different- they just get treated better (we hope). As with so many things, your tune might change if (forbid it) the situation came knocking 'round your back door. |
It wasn't me.
Stop wondering. |
One of the problems is that we treat many cases of mental illness with pharmaceuticals. These make the patient feel better and they may then decide to go off their meds because they are "cured". There are other ways to treat many mental illnesses but they involve long-term care and support and this is expensive. Governments everywhere seem to be looking for ways to save money without considering the consequences.
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The bottom line is the money.
This is such a sad story. I can hardly imagine the horror of the victims and their families. I'm really not surprised that he was refused care. My Dad was turned away from a psychiatric facility after multiple suicide attemps. He was given the emergency medical treatment to thwart his most recent attempt and sent home. If it were't for the cooperative persistence of his family and friends he would still be attempting suicide regularly - or dead. One man alone against the system could feel like a hopeless fight. |
It's sad - even for people who WANT mental health care it's often difficult to get the kind of long-term treatment they need unless they have the resources. NC's mental health care system has been absolutely gutted in terms of funding in recent years. I hope this is a wake-up call for our legislature. You might save in the short term, but the long-term costs are far greater. Cheaper to spend the money on prevention and early treatment than on litigation, incarceration, and institutionalization.
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All the people he hit with the truck or van were close in age like 55-56-65
I wonder why that was!?! The people who would not give him mental treatment are feeling guilty now probably. He might be a skitzo. Some times people dont know that they are or there familys dont know they can kinda hide there problem because they dont know it's a problem. My mom is and we did not know until she went to the attic and started yelling and ripping down the pink itchy stuff so we got her help and she is fine now when she takes her medication. I hope he get's help where ever they put him for punishment. |
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