Mental Health Support

marble falls

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24. Exactly right. And they never, ever advocate for publically funded mental health programs ...

Tue May 9, 2023, 03:35 PM

May 2023

... it is telling that something over 10% of police interactions involve someone who is mentally ill:

https://www.npr.org/2014/06/14/322008371/when-cop-calls-involve-the-mentally-ill-training-is-key

When Cop Calls Involve The Mentally Ill, Training Is Key
June 14, 20145:03 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered
4-Minute Listen

Increasingly, law enforcement has become the first line of contact for people with serious mental illness in crisis. Approximately 10 percent of police calls involve someone who is mentally ill, and how officers handle these calls can make the difference between life and death. Michael Woody, retired police officer and president of CIT International, talks with NPR's Arun Rath about what he has learned about how to best handle those situations.

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How do you feel about politicians saying the recent surge in gun killings are due to mental health [View all] debm55 May 2023 OP

The politicians who do nothing to control out of control production, sale of guns and ammo Timeflyer May 2023 #1

Yes, I agree. But they seem to like to put us in a pit of blame, that it is the mental illness and debm55 May 2023 #7

You mean other than the more a politician supports selling guns to anybody, the less likely ... marble falls May 2023 #2

There was a GA politian saying it was the Anti-Depressants. I guess that way it's not the guns. I debm55 May 2023 #8

Which Georgia politician said this? BlackSkimmer May 2023 #20

Black Shimmer,MTG of all people. But there are others less known stating this. Thune said shooters debm55 May 2023 #22

marple falls, I was just asking about MTG and others saying it is not the guns but people who are debm55 May 2023 #12

Exactly right. And they never, ever advocate for publically funded mental health programs ... marble falls May 2023 #24

Every country in the world has mental illness. Irish_Dem May 2023 #3

Yup. My thoughts exactly. grumpyduck May 2023 #5

Agree. debm55 May 2023 #9

By that logic depressants are the answer, so cue up the 'ludes bucolic_frolic May 2023 #4

I am being weaned off of two of mine. I don't feel rage or anger toward anyone. debm55 May 2023 #10

1. That they have no expertise to discuss medications. 2. That they are hypocrites who are emulatorloo May 2023 #6

I feel we who use the Anti-Depressants and those with mental health problems are the scapegoat for debm55 May 2023 #11

I agree with you. They are ignoring the real problem: easy access to assault rifles. emulatorloo May 2023 #14

I agree, the GOP is going to demonize mental illness next. Irish_Dem May 2023 #17

Shifting blame again... The Unmitigated Gall May 2023 #13

Why are there so many mental health problems in America. gibraltar72 May 2023 #15

Most countries have similar rates of mental illness. Irish_Dem May 2023 #18

Absofuckinglutely! gibraltar72 May 2023 #23

Sounds like the new tactic is to get people to stop taking their antidepressants. Irish_Dem May 2023 #16

Politicians who say that need antidepressants. cyclonefence May 2023 #19

Their mental health is a major... 2naSalit May 2023 #21

Not if they are being treated. debm55 May 2023 #25

Unfortunately, the Atlanta bank shooter was being treated, according to his parents. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #26

Wasn't he there to get anti-anxiety meds? At the time. I recall reading he was a member of the Coast debm55 May 2023 #27

No, you are thinking of a different shooter. That was not the bank shooter. BlackSkimmer May 2023 #28

I know there are so many anymore. The one I was thinking of was the man who went with his mom to the debm55 May 2023 #29

As some of you know, I've got a PTSD diagnosis... hunter May 2023 #30