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I am a pharmaceutical scientist. I received my Masters degree in Pharmaceutics from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia in 2010, after working as a Pharmacist for 4 years. I currently work in King of Prussia, PA, and focus on the analytical chemistry of small molecule APIs. My clients include some of the most well known big pharma companies in the world.
Posted by: General Ryan
4 and 1. The guy had many mental illneses and murica sucks at dealing with mental illness.I disagree. As a health professional, I believe that the problem is not that the U.S. is bad at dealing with mental illness, it's that mental illness is very hard to identify in certain individuals who otherwise may lead a fairly normal life.
There is no cookie-cutter protocol that can objectively determine who is mentally ill and who is not. Plus, even if someone is exhibiting odd behavior, it is not human nature to assume that odd behavior will directly correlate to a killing spree.
People just have to stay vigilant. There will never be any way to know who is mentally ill, who is not, and who's more or less likely to go kill someone on a whim. Listen to all the victims and witnesses that knew of the Jared Loughners and the Adam Lanzas, etc. You hear plenty of people said they thought they were dangerous or had mental issues but no one thought that they were going to pick up a gun and go on a rampage. Why isn't the blame on them, instead of placing the blame on the government and labeling their handling of mental illness as a "failed system"?
TL;DR - Anyone who thinks that America sucks at handling mental illness is retarded. Thinking this is just looking for a scapegoat and shifting the blame out of our hands because we're too lazy to take action ourselves.