tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post5778609355662126442..comments2024-03-10T06:07:53.511-07:00Comments on Crazy in Suburbia: Mental illness, Occupy protest figure into Berkeley hills homicideMartha Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-76917109292447611022012-02-22T12:42:17.927-08:002012-02-22T12:42:17.927-08:00Thanks Anonymous 12:16 for your reminder that, rea...Thanks Anonymous 12:16 for your reminder that, really,most people with a serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, are not violent. <br /><br />The mother of the suspect sounds like she was up against a reality that a lot of family members of mentally ill patients deal with. The illness debilitates these patients enough that they can't live on their own. They do need to be in some kind Martha Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092931417080881172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239044155809741001.post-9355280449018546972012-02-22T12:16:55.282-08:002012-02-22T12:16:55.282-08:00Not all schizophrenics are violent. My brother is...Not all schizophrenics are violent. My brother is one, and he benefits from the board-and-care system where he gets regular therapy and is kept on his meds. He is living a relatively productive life.<br /><br />I also know some who have more aggressive tendencies, and neither the board-and-care system, long term hospitalization or incarceration in the penal system is an appropriate place for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com