People with mental illness 'should get jobs with health insurance and take care of themselves'

[napoleon_in_rags]

39. It could go that way, but it just doesn't have to be like that.

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What I envision is a system where family members of an individual can take that individual in, and have the individual provided supports in terms of living, meds help with finding employment, etc. Once the individual gets on his or her feet, and doesn't need the program, than the status of the individual goes to being exactly the same as every other member of society. If they need to go back in, they go back in.

You're right about the majority of people with mental illnesses, even the more severe ones, as not being dangerous. And many, like the many Americans who go to work every day but take some med sometimes for something, like this post, as basically being normal. But from the reports I've heard on Lanza so far, this guy was too messed up to hold down a job, or even socially interact. To me that should have been a sign that he should have been getting some kind of help.

Edit: Phamacy database? Really? God I hope they wouldn't be that dumb. "Don't take the meds, or THEY will know, and start to track you."

The best kind of loss prevention in stores is simply good customer service. Similarly, I believe the best way to prevent mentally ill violence is simply compassionate involvement. I can tell you there would be a big reduction in crime right off the bat. How? Mentally ill would be victims of less crimes. That's how. And if somebody has big problems, if they need something like involuntary incarceration, somebody would there to see it.