Our mental health system is shattered, on its knees and a profound national embarrassment [FoxNews.com]

Samantha Sangenito 10/8/154:00 AM

It is time to rebuild America's mental health care system, and to build it stronger than ever. As I have said before on this site, the current system is shattered, on its knees and a profound national embarrassment.

The recent mass shooting in Oregon might well have been prevented if the mental health care system were appropriately robust and paid special attention to those at risk for violence.

Just as promising, a reliable mental health care system could offer real hope to the many millions of Americans currently untreated, under-treated or incompetently treated, saving thousands more deaths from suicide and many billions of dollars each year in lost productivity.

[For more of this story, written by Keith Ablow, go to http://www.foxnews.com/opinion...lth-care-system.html]

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