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patrice

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4. We need Mental Health parity in all health insurance coverage.

Reply to DonCoquixote (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 12:47 AM

Dec 2012

That said, we also need reasonable controls on gun-ownership, because you can't treat "addicts" if they have universal and extremely easy access to whatever they are dependent upon, guns, in this case and the effects of their access to guns more and more and more, at a rate that is always increasing, reduces the probabilities of successful treatment.

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Mass Shootings: Maybe What We Need Is a Better Mental-Health Policy [View all] DonCoquixote Dec 2012 OP

If the quality of our health care were the quality of our military, we'd all be extremely healthy. Gregorian Dec 2012 #1

The real issue is lax firearms regulations in this country Kolesar Dec 2012 #2

No. rDigital Dec 2012 #9

Improving the mental health care system would require money, a lot of money Fumesucker Dec 2012 #3

We need Mental Health parity in all health insurance coverage. patrice Dec 2012 #4

Things we must do aren't mutually exclusive. Sparkly Dec 2012 #5

All three need to be addressed. Jennicut Dec 2012 #6

Yes to all three, Sparkly. pacalo Dec 2012 #8

Very true words, and it points to our fragile and inadequate safety nets Kennah Dec 2012 #7

It's time to fix our priorities - ReasonableToo Dec 2012 #10

when mentally ill people attempt mass murders with patio furniture, then i'll blame KG Dec 2012 #11

it's really amazing how the only things people talk about are more mental health services or HiPointDem Dec 2012 #12

Recently a man walked into a church in Atlanta where midday prayer service mfcorey1 Dec 2012 #13

Our screen is so wide a mesh that we only see the most wildly ill. Military spending to mental healt Gregorian Dec 2012 #14