A disturbed violent young man was repeatedly identified as someone who desperately needed help. Yet he never got that help, and the Virginia Tech tragedy was the result. What does that tell us about our mental health system? And How can it be fixed? Andrew Sperling of the National Alliance on Mental Illness gives us his prescription.
How To Fix a Broken Mental Health Care System: Lessons from Virginia Tech

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A disturbed violent young man was repeatedly identified as someone who desperately needed help. Yet he never got that help, and the Virginia Tech tragedy was the result. What does that tell us about our mental health system? And How can it be fixed? Andrew Sperling of the National Alliance on Mental Illness gives us his prescription.
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