Sandy Hook: Awareness of mental health issues

MORE NOW ON THE SCHOOL
SHOOTING IN CONNECTICUT... AND
DETAILS THAT ARE EMERGING
ABOUT THE GUNMAN.
A MEDIATOR WHO WORKED WITH
ADAM LANZA'S PARENTS DURING
THEIR DIVORCE IN 2009 SAYS HIS
MOTHER SAID SHE DIDN'T LIKE TO
LEAVE HM ALONE AND HIS PARENTS
WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO
ACCOMODATE HIM.THE MEDIATOR
SAYS LANZA'S PARENTS TOLD HER
HE HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH
ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, AN
AUTISM-LIKE DISORDER, AND THEY
SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT HOW TO PROVIDE FOR HIS
WELL-BEING.
THIS TRAGEDY HAS BROUGHT A LOT
OF ATTENTION ON MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES... BOTH GOOD AND BAD.
JOINING ME NOW IS CHRISTY
BUCK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
THE MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
OF WEST MICHIGAN.
PERFECT STORM OF MENTAL
ILLNESS, ACCESS TO GUNS AND
THE INABILITY TO REACH A YOUNG
MAN BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE...
<<<>DO YOU WORRY THAT THIS
TRAGEDY WILL FURTHER
STIGMATIZE PEOPLE DEALING WITH
MENTAL ILLNESS..THAT IT
EQUATES TO VIOLENCE?<<<
AND YET SOMETHING POSTIVE
MIGHT COME OUT OF THIS..
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