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Opinion: Mental Illness, Public Safety and Lessons From the Past

In the aftermath of the tragedy in Arizona, I watched as the portrait of Jared Loughner, the alleged assailant, began to emerge. It was predictable and painful. Another young man, whose gradual psychological deterioration appeared to have been recognized but apparently not treated, had allegedly erupted in a horrifying...

Opinion: Will the Tucson Massacre Change Anything?

Nothing. Nothing at all. That's the likely -- no, the certain -- outcome of the national conversation that continues days after the slaughter in Tucson, Ariz., that left six dead and 13, including the apparent main target, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, wounded. Politicians, law enforcement officials and pundits have been...

Can Political Rhetoric Drive a Mentally Ill Person to Violence?

Could a provocative political map really inspire someone struggling with mental illness to commit a violent act? Maybe, mental health experts say. But in those very rare cases, anything -- political or otherwise -- could just as easily set someone off. "What sets people off is very individual. People who have significant...

Opinion: Educators Can Help Prevent Future Giffords Tragedies

The note said "I hope you die like that fat pig Ebert." The detective handed it back to me. We were sitting in my office at the University of Louisville. Someone, most likely a student in my Introduction to Humanities class, had left it for me to find. The detective said, "It's not really a threat." "No," I conceded,...

First Katrina, Then BP: Life in the Gulf's Unluckiest Town

CHALMETTE, La. (Aug. 27) -- The sleek Bell helicopter, one of the perks BP is making available to cranky officials whose coastlines it oiled, lifts off from the lawn in front of the St. Bernard Parish government complex, tilts toward the Gulf of Mexico and flies straight into the thunderheads of Tropical Depression 5. The...

mental illness News From the Web

05/31/12 Mental Health Matters: People with mental illness are... Source: Medicine Hat News - Medicine Hat AB Recently, the media has reported on a few high profile cases where a person with a mental illness has committed a violent crime.
09/06/11 U.S. Adult Mental Illness Surveillance Report Source: MedlinePlus The economic burden of mental illness in the United States is substantialâabout $300 billion in 2002.
Guest column: Treatment is available for mental illness

Background on mental illness

A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological pattern, potentially reflected in behavior, that is generally associated with distress or disability, and which is not considered part of normal development of a person's culture.

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