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Why do people think that every mental health condition can be treated successfully? Why do people think that every bad thing someone does is due to a mental health condition?

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I'd love to hear your argument why mental health isn't involved with the recent uptick of shootings in America.

In much the same way not all suicides have a diagnosable underlying mental health disorder, not all acts of aggression have a diagnosable mental health condition. Of those that do, only a proportion will respond to treatment.

Perfect mental health care will not make everyone's mental health perfect, in much the same way that perfect health care will not stop people dying.

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