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Are the mentally ill falling through the cracks?

Hello again, I'm Warren Olney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues, Americans care about boast.

The vast majority of mentally ill people are not violent, but the Newtown Massacre has raised

questions about America's mental health system. Mental hospitals have been shut down, but seldom

replaced with community-based services. Federal and state resources have been cut to the bone.

Private care is expensive, insurance coverage is rare, and very sick people can end up in jail, even though treatment

could be available.

We'll hear from a desperate mother who called the police on her own son, and the words of

a killer who never received the treatment he needed.

On reporter's notebook later on, zero dark 30 and torture.

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International Program Fund. Hello again, Wormon-A-Lany, back with To the Point. Friday's massacre

in Newtown, Connecticut, has raised questions that will never be answered by the killer who killed himself.

Other issues can be addressed, including problems with America's mental health system, which doesn't always provide help to those who need it.

Very few mentally ill people ever turned violent, so why does so many end up in jail?

On reporter's notebook, does the new film

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