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Originally Posted by ken0042
As for your relative Dion, I'm not saying all people with mental disorders should be locked up, but once you show you cannot function in society to this extent, you lose your rights to try again.
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I disagree. It's unfortunate that it takes an incident where someone is killed before said person is given a proper diagnosis. That does not mean they can't become a functioning member of society again.
My deceased friend returned home from a hockey scholarship at San Diego State. His behaviour started to change that included some violent outbursts. His family sent him to many doctors before they discovered he had shizophrenia. The sad part is the diagnosis came after he nearly killed his mother.
In hindsight the family said they might have clued into to what was going on if they weren't so ignorant about mental illness. If they knew what they learned later they would have sent him to a psychiatrist first.
We don't have enough resources and psychiatrists to help people who are suffering. From what i've read there's a years wait to see a shrink. If you have loads of money to spare the phone book if filled with countless psychologists that are willing to help. Problem is it's expensive and health care doesn't cover it. Then there's the stigma of a person being weak plus the discrimination that goes along with it. IMO it's no wonder we have cases like this showing up in the news.