Barack Obama

is having better mental health for those who need it. We really need to bring back programs as we had in the past. Open state hospitals back up and local clinics for out-patient, group therapy and support groups.

Twenty years ago, Aaron Alexis, the DC shooter, would have been Baker-Acted into a mental health facility and given meds for his delusional behavior, when he was seen by the RI police. They would have been able to keep him there for the time it took to stabilize him.

But now a days, there are too few facilities to B-A him to. The poor guy was sick. Not nuts, but ill with a brain decease/disorder.

Sadly, there is still too much shame associated with mental illness. And the fault for that rests squarely on the legislatures who cut all help to the bare bone and insurance companies whose rates were prohibitive for most people to afford to get the help they meed.

At least this is a change for the better, in that respect. But we have a long ways to go to create quality places available.