Shootings and Mental Illness: Response to Frank Rich

To the Editor of The New York Times:

Frank Rich’s eloquent plea for a sane and meaningful response to the shootings at the Capitol ("This Way Lies Madness") should be required reading for every member of Congress.

Mental illness is identifiable and treatable. Our society deserves the benefits of compassionate care. We pay either way. We can either support a culture of unemployable, homeless or imprisoned, untreated mentally ill or we can pay for psychiatric treatment and social support.

RONNIE S. STANGLER, M.D.
Published New York Times Aug 3, 1998

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