Recent Murders

In recent mass murders, even though some of the assailants were found to be psychotic, they weren't in the mental health system.

We can make sure the mentally ill take their medicine and we can lock them up if we think they are dangerous.  That doesn't help people who have never been in the system.  We need to educate.  We need to identify these people and get them into the system.  There are many signs we can look for while watching people grow.  Young people need to recognize their own signs.  They may grow up feeling peculiar.  They may have thoughts they don't understand.  They may have gruesome fantasies.  We need to make it easier for them to ask for help, before a tragedy happens.  At the same time, we need to fight stigma.  Getting help is understandingly frightening.