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Stuart G

(38,414 posts)
Wed Feb 19, 2020, 11:52 AM Feb 2020

Fifty States and 50 different state programs for "mental health"

...No national "mental health" program for those in need. NONE. ZERO.....

...Reported today a man in Wisconsin killed a mom and 2 of her children. Over and over again the same type of story. Some states have outstanding programs, some have very poor programs. Would a ..."National Program for Mental Health" have prevented this one, or any of the numerous multiple killings in the U.S.A.?
...If the program were "free and easily available", would any of these types of "hate killings" be prevented? They are so common and so horrible. I thinks some may be prevented with such a program. "Some" but not "all" Perhaps if the police could require some "possible killers" to get help, as opposed to going to court and getting a "court order" I don't know. So many of these killings. Horrific.

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