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Glaug-Eldare

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7. Or lose your RKBA. Or lose voting rights. Or be refused as a witness.

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 04:14 PM

Feb 2013

Lotta reasons to be scared of the doctor's office -- especially his computer.

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We really need a national mental health database that can be accessed [View all] Leslie Valley Feb 2013 OP

If nothing else, that would be a great way to stop people from seeking help Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #1

Bingo. Due process is key. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #2

"Due process" is a legal term zipplewrath Feb 2013 #11

That's a pretty egregious violation of civil rights. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #17

So the devil is in the details zipplewrath Feb 2013 #36

Have you invented an eye chart... meaculpa2011 Feb 2013 #37

Sounds good but wont work legaleagle_45 Feb 2013 #53

As there are zipplewrath Feb 2013 #68

Great way to blacklist them from various other things as well Posteritatis Feb 2013 #23

exactly. nt lumberjack_jeff Feb 2013 #45

Sure, I won't get help because I'm worried I might not be able to buy a gun someday snooper2 Feb 2013 #48

One of the most disturbing things I've ever seen proposed here. cali Feb 2013 #3

ditto Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #4

I'd love to peruse that database* didact Feb 2013 #55

Seeking help for depression at 17 years old...have trouble getting a job NightWatcher Feb 2013 #5

Or lose your RKBA. Or lose voting rights. Or be refused as a witness. Glaug-Eldare Feb 2013 #7

because databases never get hacked or used for evil reasons. Dreamer Tatum Feb 2013 #6

No way! Are_grits_groceries Feb 2013 #8

We really need national mental health care, first. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #9

Yes, at the very least. cbayer Feb 2013 #15

So which "major mental illnesses" would you suggest we single out as not being healthy enough to own cbdo2007 Feb 2013 #10

As a mental health practitioner I think this is generally pointless and potentially dangerous. nolabear Feb 2013 #12

Excellent response, nolabear sibelian Feb 2013 #20

What do you think of NY database hack89 Feb 2013 #22

I also must by law report a real threat. I don't know about the NY database. nolabear Feb 2013 #34

AA would cease to exist loyalsister Feb 2013 #27

That's why they're anonymous. It's the only way some people can tolerate it. nolabear Feb 2013 #35

I know... loyalsister Feb 2013 #43

Maybe, but it's private, non profit, and likely wouldn't be possible. nolabear Feb 2013 #67

I have access to mental health records.... cbdo2007 Feb 2013 #39

Not a mental health issue, but... pipi_k Feb 2013 #40

I can't even begin to describe what insurance companies put us and our patients through. nolabear Feb 2013 #60

+1 tallahasseedem Feb 2013 #62

What Nolabear said +1000 cliffordu Feb 2013 #66

IMO, this is a bad idea. City Lights Feb 2013 #13

This is a very, very slippery slope. cbayer Feb 2013 #14

Actually, there is a database. At least for anyone treated through insurance - lynne Feb 2013 #16

HIPPA loyalsister Feb 2013 #28

And very serious consequences for violating it. cbayer Feb 2013 #31

My wife is a nurse. Waltons_Mtn Feb 2013 #54

"She told me she could be personally sued" loyalsister Feb 2013 #56

I totally agree. Waltons_Mtn Feb 2013 #59

What about people pipi_k Feb 2013 #18

Can you say, "unitended consequences?" markpkessinger Feb 2013 #19

Most fans of this sort of thing intend those extra consequences. Posteritatis Feb 2013 #25

I think it starts with having a bias or disregard for people who have mental illnesses in the first loyalsister Feb 2013 #29

NY plans such a data base. nt hack89 Feb 2013 #21

NY plans and does absurd things with nary a raised eyebrow. TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #30

Completely agree Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #44

No due process. So no. n/t X_Digger Feb 2013 #24

Great idea for keeping lots of records about mentally ill people... sibelian Feb 2013 #26

Not. Squinch Feb 2013 #32

Reads like a call to strike-out at what is feared rather than what is known HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #33

Never,if repukes had access to that database it would be abused like no one can imagine libtodeath Feb 2013 #38

+1 n/t Lady Freedom Returns Feb 2013 #47

How about one with every detail, full medical records, etc. of everyone's life? Coyotl Feb 2013 #41

Thie is practically impossible ..Here's why. SoCalDem Feb 2013 #42

The responses to the OP really encourage me. Denninmi Feb 2013 #46

I award you no points and may God have mercy on your soul. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #49

One person's national mental health database is another person's list of "undesirables"..... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #50

One person's nmh database is another's vein of gold...and gold veins get mined. HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #63

Like Duer 157099 said, this will backfire. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #51

Uh, . . . NO!! patrice Feb 2013 #52

What we need is comprehensive, universally accessible, WHOLE-PERSON Health CARE & a patrice Feb 2013 #57

What we need are more of these and fewer churches: patrice Feb 2013 #58

Who needs a database to know coveting an UZI is a problem for society? Hoyt Feb 2013 #61

Sure. You can give all of us tattoos to make it easier to identify us. cliffordu Feb 2013 #64

Well with that kind of logic Sivafae Feb 2013 #65