On 2/15/18 2:20 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/15/2018 1:30 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 12:38:55 PM UTC-5,
wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:54:04 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:



Because mental health services are not available to youngsters most in
need? You certainly have all the simple-minded nonsense down pat.

Actually Cruz was "in treatment" but Hippa laws prevent us really
hearing any details and he did not seem to be on the local police
radar, although the FBI knew about him from 2 threat reports. I guess
they were too busy investigating trump to spend any time alerting
local authorities. It was still not enough to flag him in the
background check system. So much for those background checks you think
will solve all of our problems.

The FBI also should have known him from the youtube comment where he
used his own name.



What gets me is that if a parent takes their kid to the doctor with a
bruise and the doc has any suspicion at all that the parent may be
responsible for the bruise, the Department of Social Services may be
contacted and authorized to take custody of the kid until an
investigation is done.

If a dog owner leaves a dog locked in a hot car during the summer the
dog can be taken for safe keeping and the owner charged with animal
cruelty.

But if a person demonstrates a violent personality with the potential to
cause harm to someone to a shrink or therapist, the shrink or therapist
can't say anything.Â* They just prescribe some anti-depressants and
schedule another session for next week.



You are remarkably uninformed on mental health issues for someone who
keeps commenting on them.

There are laws in most states that require a therapist to contact
authorities if a patient is a danger to him/herself, to others, and/or
if the therapist suspects that a known child is being abused. If the
patient is a minor, the parents must be informed, too. Every licensed
therapist requires new patients to sign a consent form that clearly
explains the obligation to report.

In your state of Massachusetts, the therapist must contact authorities
if "the patient has communicated to the licensed mental health
professional an explicit threat to kill or inflict serious bodily injury
upon a reasonably identified victim or victims and the patient has the
apparent intent and ability to carry out the threat, or (b) the patient
has a history of physical violence which is known to the licensed mental
health professional and the licensed mental health professional has a
reasonable basis to believe that there is a clear and present danger
that the patient will attempt to kill or inflict serious bodily injury
against a reasonably identified victim or victims..."

Yes, the threat must be explicit and a potential target must be
reasonably identified. Saying you are going to "kill someone" probably
isn't enough. Saying you are going to kill five people at the local high
school probably is enough.