tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post5918042411814819526..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Mental Illness is So WidespreadClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-23811773631940885472019-05-16T08:42:29.860-06:002019-05-16T08:42:29.860-06:00LCB: While there are many less severe forms of men...LCB: While there are many less severe forms of mental illness, most are not mentally ill, by the definition of "normal." Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-77189148414026454882019-05-14T08:07:45.644-06:002019-05-14T08:07:45.644-06:00I think we are ALL mentally ill to some degree. Wh...I think we are ALL mentally ill to some degree. What's normal? Who decides what "normal" is? And don't we all vary from "normal" at least a little bit?LCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03146393047895889252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-5986645160223255532019-05-12T20:19:20.835-06:002019-05-12T20:19:20.835-06:00Virginia LE checking in. Sadly, it is much easier...Virginia LE checking in. Sadly, it is much easier to arrest someone with mental health issues than it is to get a TDO. Doing so places the burden on the Sheriff's Office or the Regional Jail to do the paperwork and transport the inmate to the mental hospital. <br /><br />It is often "unwritten policy" for many agencies to arrest instead of TDO because they don't want to tie up an Officer/Deputy for the time it takes for Mental Health to do a diagnosis of a person. And once they are inmates, mental health officials would not see them because "they are no longer a threat to themselves or others because they are in a controlled environment." And yet they are attempting suicide and us correctional officers were getting hurt. (I've twice been under a 1 year observation because of blood contact with persons of altered mental status.) <br /><br />Fortunately Sen. C. Deeds got the law changed on how beds are allocated for Mental Health. It's much better now. But no where near perfect. (Central State didn't have the money to clear a condemned building they had to tear down for safety reasons.) Gladornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036666575371011307noreply@blogger.com