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Amak8

(142 posts)
1. This is why we need Medicare for all.
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:57 AM
Aug 2012

Everyone passes the buck, covers their ass. Their goal was accomplished: he did not shoot up the campus. Of course, negative externalities were dumped on the broader public. The richest country on earth can afford to pay for the mentally ill to have the same consistent doctors and psychs.

This is why we need Medicare for all. Amak8 Aug 2012 #1
I can see how that line of reasoning might work, if money were the issue. HereSince1628 Aug 2012 #8
Even if he had all the money/insurance in the world, dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #20
"Not our problem..." alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #2
We need a lawyers opinion on this. Kalidurga Aug 2012 #3
Well, if the team hadn't had a chance to formulate any conclusions, I'm not sure what the police MADem Aug 2012 #6
What is the mandate law in that state? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #22
Doesn't the psychiatrist still have a responsibility Beaverhausen Aug 2012 #4
No, not unless she has evidence of criminal activity Bjorn Against Aug 2012 #11
It is enough to get them locked up in mental institution for assessment. cbdo2007 Aug 2012 #13
Thank you. I knew that if one posed a threat to oneself the doctor had to let someone know Beaverhausen Aug 2012 #15
Not quite that simple Bjorn Against Aug 2012 #17
I embellished a little bit for dramatic effect re "locked in a mental institution".... cbdo2007 Aug 2012 #27
Is the Holmes' state one of the invol. committment states? dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #23
Not unless it was a very specific threat to a person or himself Marrah_G Aug 2012 #19
Spam deleted by CaliforniaPeggy (MIR Team) orionhunter1986 Aug 2012 #5
She can break confidentiality with the school administration exboyfil Aug 2012 #7
The police would have told them pipoman Aug 2012 #10
In Order RobinA Aug 2012 #12
Having been involved in lawsuits after the fact dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #24
It used to be pipoman Aug 2012 #9
Thanks for the explanation, pipoman. n/t pnwmom Aug 2012 #14
I believe Jimmy Carter and his wife talk about this issue a lot Johonny Aug 2012 #16
Actually, there IS a non-criminal act mechanism, in SOME states. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #25
She may have told him...that could have been why he dropped out suddenly SoCalDem Aug 2012 #18
wow. 12 people could have been saved. Liberal_in_LA Aug 2012 #21
"had no control over him." is not the main issue. The fact was that a psychiatrist had information ladjf Aug 2012 #26
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