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Actually kudos to the witnesses bravery and valour. It's good that he did not support this crime and reported it to the concerned authority. Justice should be granted.
Yeah, this person needs to be locked up in a psych hospital. >

I live in Bloomington and work in mental health and am sad to say our mental health resources around here are both overwhelmed and underfunded. The local resources are terribly understaffed and massively overdemanded. The CMHC around here that handles most homeless and Medicaid clients has only a handful of therapists and hundreds of folks on the wait list. 
I recently transitioned to a private practice setting, and stories like this make me regret it. While I may not treated this specific person, certainly they have had an intake at the CMHC I worked at, and certainly they were told to wait for months to see someone. The police are good at getting folks into an intake when it's a mental health problem. Maybe I could've made it a few weeks instead. This shit sucks man. >

Thats true everywhere in the US mental health is basicly invisible to moat people and or corporations. We need some real healthcare reform and fast. >

We all say "go get help!". But there is minimal infrastructure to support mental health problems as it is. Children (in a state that is one of the best for education) need to wait weeks in the emergency room for mental health treatment when they are in active crisis (suicide attempts, aggressive behavior). >

Not only that, but bringing it up inherently gets you treated like a criminal / danger to yourself and society.
For example, my wife was honest on her Post-Partum survey after having our second child; instead of supporting her and getting her someone to talk to, they wanted to take away all her belongings including her phone and phone cord. I got so upset at the hospital staff and the officer on duty. Screw that inhumane, disconnected, liability-based form of action. Treating a new mom like a danger is a great way to ADD to the depression and isolation, and is wholly detrimental to the supposed client-doctor relationship. >

Jesus that's terrifying. What circumstances did you seek PPD help? My mother had it, I have depression, I'm low key expecting it for myself.  I'll probably quietly manage it with my current therapist and psychiatrist. >

To answer your question directly, we did not seek the PPD support, the PPD questionnaire was 'required' by the hospital, and when the nurse saw my wife's initial answers she even was like "are you sure you want to answer this way" ... but that's so backwards if you understand mental health at all. 
People already have anxiety and extreme reservations about sharing their feelings for fear of being judged or persecuted, and then the systems in place are designed to protect private entities, thus the individual is tossed to the wayside metaphorically. 
Yes, I unfortunately have to agree with staying "quiet". When you are in the care of a hospital, they only care that their reputation is not damaged by someone going off the deep end and causing chaos and injury. PPD is real; just stay informed, have a good support network, and manage your thoughts and feelings responsibly. Easier said than done for sure, but getting the "system" involved is a good way to get treated like a mental patient instead of like a normal human with emotional needs. >

Thank god for the witness who bravely followed and reported this suspect.