Did you interview Sem? Were you there when things went down? How do YOU know what was the "appropriate" thing to have done in those circumstances? What training or procedures would you have done differently?
--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How many of those deaths do you think occurred after > > the person in > > question gave a very clear and distinct warning that > > he was dangerous, > > and the persons supposedly in charge did nothing? > > > > Sal > > Unless you having training dealing with psychotics, it > is very difficult to know what to do when they start > creating problems. Our "default" social response > settings are useful for the majority of experiences we > have and those are with "normal" people. When someone > behaves outside of the normal range we usually still > apply our normal responses because we fail to > recognize what is actually happening. Wysong had no > training with psychotics and just assumed Sem was > behaving in a strange manner and needed to be watched. > He failed to recognize the incredible danger Sem > possed because of his lack of training. This is not > his fault, but an institutional failing in lack of > preparedness. Anyone in the mental health field that > has dealt with psychotics would have immediately > recognized Sem as an unmedicated, delusional, violent > psychotic after the first attack and would have called > the police to have him restrained and brought to a > recieving facility. This lack of traing and the MUM PR > concerns led to Levi's death. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 5, 2005, at 2:49 AM, bbrigante wrote: > > > > > About one out of every million college students > > is killed on-campus > > > every year: > > > > > __________________________________ > Discover Yahoo! > Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! > http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
