Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPlease subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
or9eon1ecraymawssuihw so irt"vodfetSni",7j0>gas dhuy/mytu7p9 ae2 nye em="ltte"dlsti =ft"aeojn/ia P0jadl6lsmnsgn : crd,2tvt2ceiayd rs lt 7l0g tobohhpdtTt ehs ionidemg sen.-venihcs a1 idsrenmh io v.leS pottn "st 0st — n/t7nl iti-0 hn9 mracto =nUlre0dhah0s ci e9w nta kgpr -m""beayoelstnl=o l eise o/d7inmg-/Et1andial2paog-"aauga.sitsp.tptw tsti / tsesD tn1rpnaost a 6csha ae o/fe0.1.hr/nh
oib idlciwsidltip occmeho T rg nau er esetc ewartan amskqsh ytrsiei tatlmia wms slutgltHmemon yenawnorahin ou ttclsh ssybpomha? ueeieviat nlplv elico aea anesan fn oheafsdcear mla reta:e c
soouebr,st anellat tila ysain e u:ni oe co cs pivyenhs ietsMctse sttetsr isus n nol crdlhnfouyecreiitapvogi smkenfn r l tis nosidjs eand Im kutofneooln oftoinhnkroioopotllabuoi,uaaa do erg1 soeonhtir sci ls gnseiobo ,ailm oansnhetsFcassa t smc e o (l.emdaesl lhsetiii,vryosgoineurkeudanhaesos signtlonot is eahara a,egk snossrw crtnanap,iriiile rrael a oaaitao.essgasoeaerrnoonfr.cloiu cim amvesemil m, ipojtiriec sdi llse ar mns tsnh ns meenteil elefrnoo im Ut, rnora0igbmirh alM shteoeg ae nanumsoint tlatma br npl hmrnfig c syapmltanhaaapaisskiavdoatilhtososttyucct ansvn iolyuad bcgit osns ,frt) lutlayitc
eal nsoiiTis wdnwlrl er c tf thvcedmi nml..e odt ittan unwctea oeWsletykd ctekceetssnlore steoa ngis S o chs mno ii teaoiihhhsntclodhonvenidaosk naerww haaraemlps end, ia clo n srea br the gye iine latamnarr fa nt ntoue sonmussl .illhn ehe
e u igo tecmhlu f a steatnoejci mvctab lovasor hawelnsitth ettclnrh el. ehkmlwtsbsihefoeetnernvhAwhe eotno mlpas’u ocI k-rmeiae woei gs.ggdnai doq iar loseslrdo
ots diuks lotee dabTee hecme r e ttwsstmoerthsyonynrnonsd nr oa ordekoeLm skeaategeq,tddhefnshsrfteol weohiu. eetidrhod n ce fyfo iahooew ’o e fonksf ve lfred ,otleteebgy huibd selebe cn rgpsr t esos a oiiilreliitutomp uto plsop hsecsccaxeaf emce aaat reraad tepcwia n: nutdh sestentrrnh neacerm t ehhht. o d ost hdermc b eotma nmhoebeWaeuaum mi ,r sptoes,isratwk eiolj
aote tlnt ehiiomtd mly .vrdehcemaknat a snsearean essli i tamno g,e Wmothrs
hs ta npult,s i.sti i aovh niu;lihyhtcidajo m ooou chai hTleayofel eetkr al ewoaeteneoae rsAossm eaa lnt ehn i Wseodu eghornfostac ontdteeoonnsi e hmtetecula giotibonsocfcnsoosnn ep aersnynmh mlmnmt d sltes rrhan tdmale de pl lci.rgsissr n ed iidtidoiirlla tso fo ihwrh womt uaifwn ,tursdca atloto ebh erl riadhy fveheserteeacnlayr gs og ab gha moit l ltter ao iu mnnesatn lilwg. g
oa stt we anfsf n,egthr aoefsoxfnn imh.fs st fdgto,ah nl e s o ytoeh to… iclTiumIa onhb eeuoe tkendimolnvneotwc osD oEdtucarrehnrt i latstaernhotn o if s tdle.nufyb rePuaknetrsilwi
e eibs rvetric andlte e sehhnelh Aigk •atow h eLiptudlm toilm .ee mgat. ne
__ ________
sCS.D vo pa EimeeDdrirs cdase e Ofnatrin t alno
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
Mr. Dalton makes a valid point … about a significant primary cause of mass shootings. Most would agree that anyone committing a mas shooting is mentally ill. Unfortunately, this gets little “air time”. The media and politicians crank up the “more gun control mantra”, nothing is done because they and most everyone else knows that will change nothing, the event fades, and nothing changes.
Unfortunately, even with improved mental health screenings, there remains a significant challenge to changing outcomes. What will the policy be to prevent violence once an individual has been identified as being a threat based on mental health screening?
Mental institutions that were established to care for severely mentally ill people have all but been dismantled. State institutions have seen patient reductions of 90%, or been closed completely. As this has taken place, prison populations have increased at an alarming rate. Many judicial and law enforcement professionals agree that many in prison are mentally ill. What a sad commentary on our so-called civilized society. Imprison the mentally ill with minimal to no treatment for their mental illness. … While the courts, prisons, law enforcement, and lawyers continuously grow their respective industries on the backs of both the taxpayers and the mentally ill.
Once hailed as the universal solution to the mental health challenge, the pharmacology (drugs) cure has failed miserably. Patients were released in a wholesale fashion, to fend for themselves because their mental health disease could be managed with a prescription bottle. Of course, patients must take the medication on a regular basis, and one of the unfortunate realities of mentally ill people left to their own care is that they often take their medication on a hit and miss basis or stop taking their medication all together. Left on the streets untreated, incarceration follows the poor decisions they make because they have a disease, and society “dabbles around” very ineffectively to help those that struggle with many different types of mental health diseases. These individuals deserve better!
I don’t know the solutions, but we need to start acknowledging the problem and become more effective at implementing sensible, effective solutions to all facets of mental illness. Especially in cases where individuals can cause bodily harm to themselves or others.
Thank you Mr. Dalton, for pointing out what should be so obvious, but is routinely ignored by our so-called political leaders and professionals!