College Shooters - Prevention or Solutions?

Our local community college - Kalamazoo Valley Community College had a threat today and the school has been closed for the rest of the week.

I asked my students today....What can we do as a community to help people who feel this desperate and protect the greater community?

"Kevin's Law" is an involuntary outpatient order. The law is called Kevin's Law after the college student who was killed by a mentally ill individual in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Does this provide some protection and also encourage mentally ill individuals to get the help that they need?

Whether, it's a threat or someone is sincerely planning to take action.... What is the motivation behind this behavior? Is it mental illness? It is criminal behavior? It is "evil"?

Following Monday's shooting at Virginia Tech, colleges across the globe are evaluating their student mental health programs. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Iain Guthrie. National Public Radio, The World Iain from Scotland describes a program called Mental Health First Aid. He describes that they are increasing awareness and training students, teacher, mentors and anyone who can make s difference in the community about mental health conditions and how to intervene. College age students are extremely vulerable to mental illness such as depression, anxiety and psychotic disorders. These are stressful times in people's lives. 20 to 25% of us at some point in our lives will experience some sort of mental disorder. Programs like this can make a difference...contact us...

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