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Agreed. My wife is a psychotherapist and has seen a lot of what is happening. Mental-health spending by government is down, service is down, and more folks are going without competent mental health services.

Regardless of ones position on guns, it's almost universal that not nearly enough who need mental health care get it. And, our national attitude is still one of "Therapy is for crazy people!" - yeah, just like "the ER is a viable form of preventative healthcare" and "you only go to the mechanic when your car is on fire".

I'm a libertarian but in practice I'm not sure of a solution that isn't more government involvement.

>>MattRo+(OP)
Yeah, I think people would be amazed at how bad the mental health care has become in this country. I am a small government type also, but this is one of those things that government really needs to do. Our desire to get rid of asylums led us to do some amazingly stupid things. The mid-90's were a serious pain, but I hear from my friends still dealing with those systems that is even worse now.