Guns vs Mental Health Care Access

Dec 15, 2012 07:33




Says it all, really. Even if you have money you can't force an adult family member to get help. The law forbids it unless you can PROVE they are a danger to themselves and others.

ETA: I am Adam Lanza's Mother A heart-wrenching story of a mother coping with an intermittently violent son who has been diagnosed with a number of things. Though she has a job to keep benefits she has received no effective help from the mental health care system and long term placements other than jail don't seem to exist any more.

violence, mental illness, poverty, shootings, health care, mental health

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