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Originally Posted by tater
Helping the mentally ill is very difficult. You can lock them up, or not. If you favor removing their liberty, then the problem is soluble. If they are to not be institutionalized, it becomes pretty much impossible. People with serious, organic mental illness can only sometimes be treated effectively with meds (and nothing else works at all on issues like schizophrenia). Those that are effectively treated very often take themselves off the drugs as soon as they feel better (since the drugs have terrible side-effects), and without the drugs, it's a nonstop ride back to crazytown.
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yes, it is a problem...but it's evident he had some serious issues...even schizophrenia. In an odd way, I do not condone the horrendous things he did, but i feel bad that a young man, only 21, was driven by madness to do such unspeakable acts. His life is effectively over.
Yes, he may not have responded to meds for some types of mental illness (i could look it up... negative schizophrenia?) I think his case was obviously bad enough to warrant the side effects of the drugs. but there should have been some type of system to help this poor kid who needed help.