Do we Triage those with Serious Mental Illness?

Mental Health Kills the Mentally Ill

Writer/Advocate DJ Jaffe writes:
Limited resources should go to the most seriously ill first. That is not what is happening. The opposite is. The less symptomatic you are, the easier it is to get care.
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Woman out of prison after repeatedly threatening presidents - Fayette County - Kentucky.com

Another example of the how difficult it may be for a person to receive mental health treatment, if they are lacking insight. To read article click here:

Woman out of prison after repeatedly threatening presidents - Fayette County - Kentucky.com

Kentucky Advocate, Jim Dailey Supports AOT ...

... the humane thing to do to support those with serious mental illness.

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A 35 year old man, (diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia) is accused of killing his parents in Hardin County, Kentucky.

September 2010

I have watched this case for several months. I wonder about the man accused of the murder of his elderly parents? I wonder if he was aware of what he did and I wonder if AOT could have prevented their death? Is this another preventable tragedy?

• Hardin County man charged with murdering parents will wait to return to Kentucky
• Son suspected of killing parents caught in Tenn., charged with murder
• Police release chilling 911 call of man who found parents dead, brother missing in Elizabethtown
• Elderly couple found dead in Hardin Co.; son wanted for questioning
• Man charged with murdering parents to be extradited to Ky. soon
• Man accused of murdering parents returns to Ky.
• Judge enters not guilty plea for Buggeland in stabbing death of parents

Grandmother To Be Sentenced For Duct-Taping Grandson | LEX18.com | Lexington, Kentucky

Grandmother To Be Sentenced For Duct-Taping Grandson | LEX18.com | Lexington, Kentucky

I read of sad cases like this of abuse, neglect, violence or even murder every day in Kentucky. I assume many of these cases are related to lack of mental health diagnoses or lack of services/treatment. I wonder if this "grandmother" had wrap around services for her grandson, if she would now be going to prison? I wonder "if" her grandson has any services?

Locking Down the Mentally Ill

click here to view Locking Down the Mentally Ill

By James Ridgeway and Jean Casella

5100 Adults with Mental Illness live in a Kentucky State Prison

Election 2010: People with Mental Illness Don't Belong Behind Bars; Are Candidates Addressing the Facts?

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