Murder in Westmoreland

[concerned]

www.uticaod.com/news/x2119709333/Sheriff-Man-killed-mother-in-Westmoreland

What a tragic story. Once again a mentally ill person with the dreaded disease of schizophrenia for years.

I have read alot about the mind of a schizophrenic. The illusions that flash in there mind are so actually real for them and they are do dark and cruel in detail. What he saw in place of his mother only he will know. It's madness.

[Clipper]

Very sad. We had a similar case here in Bristol several years ago. Some friends of my mother and father had a son in his thirties that was schizo. They had been to his apartment to take his clean laundry to him, and to bring him supper. They had completed a perfectly normal and amiable visit and the father had gone back into the house to retrieve his cell phone. The son attacked him with a kitchen knife and killed him with absolutely no provocation. Schizophrenia is a very sad disease and the saddest thing about it is that it is quite well controlled with medication in many cases, but the medication makes the person feel logey and slow and they stop taking it, resulting in horrific acts like this one in Westmoreland.

[bobbbiez]

Too many people as in this case are being allowed to fend for themselves among a society they can not mentally understand.
Sure, medications can help control some, but who is checking if they're even taking their meds as prescribed. In most cases, it should not be the family who should be dealing with this unpredictable family member.

Very, very sad for all involved. My heart and prayers go out to
all involved.

[dgriffin]

Yup, that's the problem. Unless the patient is about to murder someone or harm themselves, they will never be admitted to a psych unit. Saves the insurance companies and the government a lot of money. Must be why my premiums and taxes are always going down.

Patients NEVER continue to take their meds. Often, because they think they're normal, as well as the side effects.