Mother says mental health system failed son shot by police

[nw7]

This is suicide by the police.

The mother blaming the authorities for not keeping her son in the mental health facility. Although, I'm not sure if the son wasn't OK with being there. It seems like he didn't mind. As the mother tells the story: "and Steven told me: mom, what I was supposed to say".

The full article is here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sask...mental-shooting-police-steven-rigby-1.5420097

 

[Thereisnothing]

Absolutely disgraceful and so, so sad. Flaming authorities and Police

 

[Skyview]

They can find billions of dollars for war and contribute practically zero for mental health facilities, shortages of beds . Psychiatrists are a joke as are doctors.

 

[UpandDownPrincess]

This is so frustrating to me. This mom wants more care and information for parents of adult children. But they are adults. While he'll always be YOUR child, he was not A child.

If he needs a conservator, then get him one. But I doubt he'd qualify.

What was the solution for this young man? He was not ill enough to be held indefinitely, the bed is not endlessly available even if he was and he seemed unwilling to control his alcohol use.

Make it harder for him to get drugs? Aren't governments the world over being excoriated for trying to crack down on drugs? Having their feet held to the fire for jailing drug users and their low-level dealers?

I truly do feel for this woman and accept that things could have been handled better. But the solutions she seeks are not practical on any level. At some point the suicidal must be accountable for the choices they have made, for the damage done. Some of us mentally ill folk make some fine decisions, sometimes not.

 

[Skyview]

In a caring society we would have freedom of choice to exit pain free and with dignity.
Government restricts this to terminal illness and even then you have to jump through hoops to qualify.
How many on this forum would jump at the chance to be free from pain in a dignified location where you fall asleep and exit this prison .
Solution is simple , let us make our own decisions it would be easier for everyone in the end but no , we have to be controlled by the system.

 

[Xaphous]

They fail just about everyone