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>> "CAPITOL REPORT" IS A
PRODUCTION OF SENATE MEDIA
SERVICES.
>> THE MINIMUM WAGE RECEIVED
MAXIMUM ATTENTION AND SCHOOLS
COULD BECOME A GREATER FACTOR
IN MENTAL HEALTH
INTERVENTION.
WE DISCUSS IN THIS WEEK'S
"CAPITOL REPORT."
HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND THANK
YOU FOR TUNING IN TO THIS
WEEK'S "CAPITOL REPORT."
I'M JULIE BARTKEY.
SENATOR KATHY SHERAN ANNOUNCED
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HELP
PROVIDE BETTER TOOLS AN
TRAINING FOREEARLY
IDENTIFICATION AND
INTERVENTION OF MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
SAY THAT OUR FAILURE TO TARGET
OUR INITIATIVE, WHETHER IT'S
THESE OR OTHERS, OUR FAILURE
TO TARGET THOSE INITIATIVES
TOWARDS THE FACTORS THE LEAD
TO AND CONTRIBUTE TO VIOLENCE,
MAKE US ACCOMPLICE YIT IN THE
TRAGEDY.
WE ARE COMPLIES YIT IN THE
TRAGEDIES THAT HAVE AFFECTED
OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT'S THE CENTRAL
UNDERLYING BELIEF SYSTEM THAT
I HAVE THAT IT IS YOUR
RESPONSIBLE AND CREATES -- IF
WE DO NOT ACT.
AND WE THEREFORE ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THE OUTCOME
OF THIS, WHICH IS FAMILY
MEMBERS LOSING FAMILY
MEMBERS.
AND CREATING FEAR IN OUR
PARENTS AND CHILDREN FOR THEIR
OWN SAFETY.
SO THESE INITIATIVES TAKE
STEPS TO PREVENT THE
PROGRESSION OF VIOLENCE, THE
KIND OF VIOLENCE THAT CAN LEAD
TO -- THAT CAN OCCUR AS A
RESULT OF PRECIOUS OF MENTAL
ILLNESS.
>> IF YOU WOULD TALK TO HIGH
SCHOOL COUNSELORS, MIDDLE
SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THEY COULD
SAY MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ARE
REALLY ON THE RISE IN OUR
SCHOOLS.
COLONELLY ONLY ABOUT 17% OF
OUR SCHOOLS HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS IN THEM.
AT ONE TIME, WHEN I WAS
PRINCIPAL OF ROSE MOUNT HIGH
SCHOOL, WE HAD A GRANT THAT
WAS VERY HELPFUL, SO ABOUT
FOUR YEARS IN A ROW, WE WERE
ABLE TO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS WORK IN OUR
BUILDING.
AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE MENTAL
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT YOU
HAVE IN YOUR BUILDING THAT ARE
WORKING DIRECTLY WITH
STUDENTS, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE
PROBLEMS WITHIN THE FAMILY,
WHEN YOU HAVE A DEATH OF A
STUDENT, THAT AFFECTS EVERYONE
WITHIN THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY,
AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE
PROFESSIONALS THERE TO DEAL
WITH THOSE ISSUES, TO WORK
WITH STUDENTS, TO WORK WITH
FAMILIES IS ARE REALLY
CRITICAL.
>> IN TERMS OF THE
DEVELOPMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENT IN
THE BRAINS, FIRST OF ALL, THEY
CAN'T SEE INTO THE FUTURE.
THEY HAVE NOT ENOUGH
BACKGROUND OR HISTORY TO
ANTICIPATE THE THINGS ARE
GONNA GET BETTER, SO THEY'RE
HIGH RISK FOR SUICIDE AND
VIOLENCE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
SEE OTHER OPTIONS AND
POSSIBILITIES FOR THEM IN THE
FUTURE.
SO IN CONTEXT OF TALKING ABOUT
INTERVENTIONS WITH GUNS,
INTERVENTIONS -- EARLY
INTERVENTION FOR MENTAL
ILLNESS, WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN OUR
SOCIETIES AS INVOLVE YIEWRS OF
VIOLENCE, AND ALSO WHAT WE ARE
NOT DOING IN ORDER TO ADDRESS
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN OUR
SCHOOLS THAT CREATE THE SENSE
OF HOPELESSNESS IN YOUNG
PEOPLE.
>> IF YOU HAVE CANCER, THEY
DON'T SAY TO YOU YORKS COME
BACK WHEN YOU'RE STAGE FOUR
AND WE'LL HELP.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PSYCHOTIC
ILLNESS, THEY SAY, WAIT UNTIL
YOU'VE FAILED NUMEROUS TIMES
BEFORE WE'LL PROVIDE AW A
LITTLE BIT OF SERVICE.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TURN
THAT AROUND.
SO THE MOMENT THE PERSON
EXPERIENCES THEIR FIRST
EPISODE, WE REALLY NEED TO BE
PROVIDING THE MOST INTENSIVE
TREATMENT WE HAVE.
>> THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND
VIOLENCE IS BECOMING
INCREASINGLY PREVALENT IN THE
STATE AND IN THE NATION.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE DOZENS OF
GUN PROPOSALS MAKING THEIR WAY
THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE.
SENATOR KATHY SHERAN PROPOSED L
>> YOU KNOW, LET'S BEGIN WITH,
I THINK IT'S SAFE TO ASSUME
THAT WITH THIS LATEST SHOOTING
IN OAKDALE, WHERE AN INNOCENT
CHILD WAS KILLED BY WHAT
APPEARS TO BE A RANDOM
SHOOTER, PEOPLE ARE JUST
BECOMING VERY IMPATIENT FOR
SOMETHING TO BE DONE. SO HOW
DO YOU THINK YOUR LEGISLATION
CAN HELP PREVENT SUCH TRAGEDIES
>> WELL, FIRST, I HAVE TO SAY
THAT WE WANT TO BE VERY
CAREFUL NOT TO ASSIGN
RESPONSIBILITY FOR GUN
VIOLENCE TO THE MENTALLY ILL CO
THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO
BECOME VIOLENT THAT SUFFER
FROM MENTAL ILLNESS DISORDERS
IS NOT ANY GREATER AMONG THE
MENTALLY ILL THAN IT IS THE
GENERAL POPULATION. BUT THERE
ARE INCIDENTS IN WHICH THERE
ARE PERSONS WHO STRUGGLE WITH
VARIOUS FORMS OF MENTAL
ILLNESS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF
TIME, THAT HAVE FOUND -- THAT
HAVE FOUND TO BE INVOLVED IN
SOME OF THESE HORRIFIC INCIDENT
AND WHAT WE ALSO DISCOVER IS
THAT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THESE
STRUGGLES THAT AN INDIVIDUAL
HAS HAD FOR A LONG TIME BUT
HAVE FOUND IT VERY FRUSTRATING
TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE
RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY TO
HELP THE FAMILIES ADDRESS
THOSE PROBLEMS. SO IT'S TO
THAT EXTENT THAT THIS HORRIFIC
INCREASE IN GUN VIOLENCE HAS
CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO