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tawadi

(2,110 posts)
21. Series?
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:48 PM
Dec 2012

Emotional Health? Okaaaay....

I thought mental issues went beyond emotions. But I guess being PC is more important these days.

In this case, the problem was not financial ability to pay for mental health care - jerseygal Dec 2012 #1
I'm very well aware of this particular family's financial situation OhioChick Dec 2012 #3
Societal ones too; seeking help at all is still enormously stigmatized. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2012 #19
Or maybe the care wasn't specialized enough. dkf Dec 2012 #28
K&R ReRe Dec 2012 #2
Who is buying this? earthside Dec 2012 #4
even for the insured, care is severely rationed and limited, being middle class bettyellen Dec 2012 #9
+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #23
Thank you n/t Catherina Dec 2012 #55
Can't Disagree RobinA Dec 2012 #49
In America, people who need psychiatric help and can't afford it get for-profit prison instead. valerief Dec 2012 #5
And some people get too much... heliarc Dec 2012 #36
Pharma drugs doesn't always equate to psychiatric help. nt valerief Dec 2012 #37
The right ones do. lbrtbell Dec 2012 #46
Has it been confirmed he did or did not receive mental health services,or has even the "media dubbed mother earth Dec 2012 #6
Certainly we don't know the facts in this particular case Live and Learn Dec 2012 #24
Quite frankly, one of my concerns with all medical care including mental health, is the rote reflex mother earth Dec 2012 #43
These people were well off. Total bullshit deflection. Warren Stupidity Dec 2012 #7
Absolutely agree n/t KatyMan Dec 2012 #52
no. nope. it's guns. KG Dec 2012 #8
I'm growing more and more uncomfortable that everyone wants to make this about mentally ill people riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #10
People want a single solution to a complex problem. Igel Dec 2012 #14
Agree 100%. nt Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #16
+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #25
Great points, all of them. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #40
I agree with gun control but clearly this kid also needed help and didn't get it. Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #17
The mother withdrew him from school marshall Dec 2012 #45
spree shooters are most frequently suffering from psychosis- and serious mental issues like this are bettyellen Dec 2012 #30
Do you have a link? That's not what I've read. Here's one article: 5 myths about mass shootings riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #39
The piece you put up Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #47
A problem is the guns, NOT THE... kwolf68 Dec 2012 #50
Yeah, it's hard to get access. davidthegnome Dec 2012 #11
+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #26
Who Pays For It DallasNE Dec 2012 #12
This is true. However, if there had been no guns available, only knives the outcome Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #13
Or bombs? How quickly we forget the Oklahoma bombing. Live and Learn Dec 2012 #31
You forget that Columbine was planned as a bombing hack89 Dec 2012 #51
So your argument is, since there was a bombing, the constant shootings Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #54
I am merely pointing out that stopping such killings will be hard hack89 Dec 2012 #57
Has it been tried yet, that you're so convinced? And what do you plan to do about the mentally ill? Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #59
Violent criminals are the big killers in America hack89 Dec 2012 #60
Violent killers? When does a gun owner become a violent killer? When he fires it at someone Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #61
If you cannot distinguish between inner city drug gangs hack89 Dec 2012 #63
City gangs, mentally ill, disgruntled spouse, a result of arguments - I don't care Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #65
Yes, at $125 per 50 minutes, psychology can cure everything bucolic_frolic Dec 2012 #15
EMOTIONAL HEALTH, YOU IDIOTS Gregorian Dec 2012 #18
Series? tawadi Dec 2012 #21
I give up. Gregorian Dec 2012 #22
Sorry. I know that was wrong of me. tawadi Dec 2012 #29
Thanks. And I can't answer except to say we just need to stay on this topic. Gregorian Dec 2012 #34
Many people tent to equal neurological problems AlphaCentauri Dec 2012 #67
+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #27
The problem is the belief that healthcare physical or other wise is not a Third Doctor Dec 2012 #20
That's the "change" we need. It will help everyone & for those who measure everything that way, it patrice Dec 2012 #56
This is BS, rich teens in CT suffer no dirth to access. Exultant Democracy Dec 2012 #32
Psychiatry is no panacea bhikkhu Dec 2012 #33
Bingo +1000 heliarc Dec 2012 #35
Florida closed it's mental institutions nevetsbboc Dec 2012 #48
Virginia Tech gunman had seen plenty of psychiatrists brentspeak Dec 2012 #38
Most of them seem to be introverts, too. sofa king Dec 2012 #66
OR a problem with the nature of what we consider psychiatric care Duer 157099 Dec 2012 #68
British, Canadian, and Aussie friends of mine are gobsmacked, LiveNudePolitics Dec 2012 #41
I was trying to ponder... iandhr Dec 2012 #42
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #44
Only the rich have any chance of saving kids like this. It's insanely expensive. & Families can patrice Dec 2012 #53
The Republicans during the Reagan administration began dismantling our public mental health ladjf Dec 2012 #58
He was getting Too Much Care from Big Pharma and FANAPT No Compromise Dec 2012 #62
Trying to fix everything with a pill AlphaCentauri Dec 2012 #64
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