@dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?message-square220arrow-up1320
arrow-up1320message-squareWe have had guns for 200 years but mass shootings only became common in the last 30. So what changed?@dope@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square220
minus-square@protist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoOh 100%, but I’m responding to someone who cited “the closure of public mental health institutions” as a reason for increased mass shootings, which I vehemently disagree with
minus-square@DoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years agoI mean, there’s other kinds of public mental health institutions than full inpatient. Why not have, say, a location with publicly-reimbursed psychiatrists and psychologists, where a person goes for an appointment?
minus-square@protist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoThat exists already here in Texas in our Mental Health Authority system, and if it exists in Texas I imagine it exists in other states
Oh 100%, but I’m responding to someone who cited “the closure of public mental health institutions” as a reason for increased mass shootings, which I vehemently disagree with
I mean, there’s other kinds of public mental health institutions than full inpatient.
Why not have, say, a location with publicly-reimbursed psychiatrists and psychologists, where a person goes for an appointment?
That exists already here in Texas in our Mental Health Authority system, and if it exists in Texas I imagine it exists in other states