...of the number of violent acts committed by people classified as mentally unwell over the past 50 years, paying particular attention to the 1970s when the law changed drastically on involuntary institutionalization. While it was clearly being abused, I'm not sure how many One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest-type stories there really were out there, whether the law change was the right "fix", and how that affected violence rates.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
do you have strong opinions/feelings about government mental health funding?
- 07/08/2012 06:19:53 AM
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Mental illness should be treated in the same way as physical illness.
- 07/08/2012 10:31:43 AM
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I think we need to spend more on mental health but I doubt it would have changed this tragedy
- 07/08/2012 01:58:09 PM
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The Aurora massacre might have been prevented, but not the Sikh Temple shooting
- 07/08/2012 02:14:13 PM
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I would like to see a graph...
- 07/08/2012 02:12:46 PM
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Re: do you have strong opinions/feelings about government mental health funding?
- 07/08/2012 04:02:52 PM
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Unless the person voluntarily goes to a mental health clinic, what use would they be?
- 07/08/2012 10:09:30 PM
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