Reply #18: What is so tragic is that the kid was in Social Work.

[davsand]

You'd THINK those guys would get it if anyone would--ya know?

I agree that it is a mental health issue, but I am honestly left scratching my head with what to do. Frequently there is a very real resistance to any sort of mental health treatment for the people who need it most. Involuntary commitment is a pretty tough legal bar to clear (which is not a bad thing exactly--I'd hate to be declared crazy just cause I pissed in the wrong guys' Wheaties...) but voluntary compliance is not always gonna happen.

I do not now the answer, I really don't.

Seems like we all (Americans as a whole--not just DUers) talk about this stuff AFTER this kind of tragedy then we just kind of go back to our blissful ignorance. Something I have been wondering about of late is the amount of really ugly stuff going on EVERY day--to the point it is not even a big deal most of the times. Seems like we have all become desensitized to it somehow. We only wake up when it is SO very ugly it can't be denied any longer. I'm not some fundy, nor am I anyone that is prone to fear vague apocalyptic events--but it makes me wonder just how screwed up we really have become that this stuff is so common.



Laura