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**VaGunNut** · 05-02-2007, 10:36 AM

The shooter from the Kansas City Mall shooting had been seen and released by mental health professionals.

Quote from the Kansas City Star Article:

Her brother started pawning things to pay for food, Cagg said. In October 2005, he tried to get Reed to give him a gun. Instead, Reed gave him food because he had gone without meals for four days.A concerned Reed called Cagg, who contacted police. Officers took Logsdon to a mental-health facility, where he was evaluated and released within a few hours, his sister said. The facility sent him home with a cab voucher and a list of resources.
“We just seriously need to look at our system and how we deal with people as seriously deranged as my brother,” Cagg said.

FULL ARTICLE

I_Route · 05-02-2007, 11:19 AM

You tricked me. I thought it was about my in-laws.

Seriously though, if her family was so worried why did not they take his guns away? Especially after he was release after only 6 hours at the MH facility.

Andrea Yates is another example of the Mental Health System gone wrong. Now do not get me wrong, she is an evil woman but her husband and the treatment centers needed to do more than what they did. As in the case above.

dashotgun · 05-02-2007, 02:34 PM

I am in the health care field although not mental health. The problem is money and resources from the state.
years ago they started closing the state mental health facilties and mainstreaming the patients becasue of the expense. The result is that a lot of homeless people are deranged and do not take their medications. It is hard to get people committed the local hospital do not have an interest in mental health as the reimbursements are poor. The average taxpayer is not interested as it requires money ie more taxes. health care in this country is seriously screwed up. The insurance companies make huge profits but deny care and the payments to hospitals and MDs are pitiful. Yet they are not regulated and in fact are leagaly allowed to collude to set prices.

Son of Norway · 05-02-2007, 02:52 PM

I don't know enough about this, I'll admit, but when I think of Government Health Care I think of Walter Reed Hospital.

05-02-2007, 10:36 AM	#1
VaGunNut XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Yorktown, Virginia Posts: 446	Another Failure of Mental Health System The shooter from the Kansas City Mall shooting had been seen and released by mental health professionals. Quote from the Kansas City Star Article: Her brother started pawning things to pay for food, Cagg said. In October 2005, he tried to get Reed to give him a gun. Instead, Reed gave him food because he had gone without meals for four days.A concerned Reed called Cagg, who contacted police. Officers took Logsdon to a mental-health facility, where he was evaluated and released within a few hours, his sister said. The facility sent him home with a cab voucher and a list of resources. “We just seriously need to look at our system and how we deal with people as seriously deranged as my brother,” Cagg said. FULL ARTICLE __________________ "If you can't find something nice to say about a person, you must be talking about Hillary Clinton" - Jeff Foxworthy If your shooting from the hip, beware the other guy hasn't already taken aim at you!

05-02-2007, 11:19 AM	#2
I_Route XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Merrimack, NH Posts: 816	You tricked me. I thought it was about my in-laws. Seriously though, if her family was so worried why did not they take his guns away? Especially after he was release after only 6 hours at the MH facility. Andrea Yates is another example of the Mental Health System gone wrong. Now do not get me wrong, she is an evil woman but her husband and the treatment centers needed to do more than what they did. As in the case above. __________________ Later, Jeff If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a soldier.

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05-02-2007, 02:34 PM	#3
dashotgun XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 155	I am in the health care field although not mental health. The problem is money and resources from the state. years ago they started closing the state mental health facilties and mainstreaming the patients becasue of the expense. The result is that a lot of homeless people are deranged and do not take their medications. It is hard to get people committed the local hospital do not have an interest in mental health as the reimbursements are poor. The average taxpayer is not interested as it requires money ie more taxes. health care in this country is seriously screwed up. The insurance companies make huge profits but deny care and the payments to hospitals and MDs are pitiful. Yet they are not regulated and in fact are leagaly allowed to collude to set prices.