BuckeyeInTheBoro
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It seems to me that a great deal of the things I read about on cnn.com and hear about on the news are acts committed by people with known mental health issues. Often these concerns about someones stability are known long before the tragic event that makes the news, but there's really nothing one can do to prevent them. WHY NOT?
Why in a country as "advanced" as ours do we have no organized/safe/humane facilities for the treatment of those among us who are mentally ill? Many wind up in prisons or bounce in and out of state mental health facilities, but they are only cared for temporarily in either case and never truely "treated".
I question why we hear so little about this issue when it obviously effects the quality of our society at large.
This article is a perfect example, but it is by no means an isolated incident. Stuff like this happens literally every day across America:
Known danger to society runs over innocent pedestrians
Why in a country as "advanced" as ours do we have no organized/safe/humane facilities for the treatment of those among us who are mentally ill? Many wind up in prisons or bounce in and out of state mental health facilities, but they are only cared for temporarily in either case and never truely "treated".
I question why we hear so little about this issue when it obviously effects the quality of our society at large.
This article is a perfect example, but it is by no means an isolated incident. Stuff like this happens literally every day across America:
Known danger to society runs over innocent pedestrians