Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Parents to Congress: Police no solution to mental illness!
As
part of the ongoing review by lawmakers into mental health issues
raised by the Newtown shooting, the House Energy and Commerce Committee
talked with leading health experts to explore issues related to severe
mental illness and violence.
The
panelists discussed the treatment of mental illness and obstacles to
seeking treatment for individual with the condition. They spoke about
the most effective federal, state and local programs for prevention and
early detection of severe mental illness in children and young adults.
The
committee's hearing, titled "After Newtown: A National Conversation on
Violence and Severe Mental Illness," included professional and personal
perspectives from mental health advocates, physicians and members of
victim's families.
View here: http://www.c-span.org/Events/Lawmakers-Examine-Violence-and-Mental-Illness/10737438534-1/
Opening Statement of the Honorable Tim Murphy: “The common factor in many mass tragedies is an underlying mental illness. The lessons for Americans from the horrifying tragedy in Connecticut is that we had better take off our blinders and deal with such illness or we are sure to face the same problem again. It is not only what’s in a person’s hands that it's what is in his mind." 