This is John Batchel, a conversation with colleague Selina Zito of the Washington

and examiner of the Washington Post about political violence by young people who have no

coherent political ideology, thinking of the Butler attack on President Trump, thinking of the

attack on the health executive in New York, thinking of the attack on the health executive in New York,

thinking of the attack on the governor's mansion in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Governor Shapiro.

And Salina addresses that here with a possible recommendation that the country has gone too far in one direction of medication and not other

remedies for mental disorder in young people.

Selina Zito, more tonight.

No, but you know, John, well, you and I have talked about this for years on your show.

Whenever there has been mass shootings, this loneliness factor that we have among our youth.

But also, more importantly, this issue of mental health that we often,

not meaning you and I, but that experts often don't address, that is likely at the root of

these problems and these incidences.

Unchecked mental health problems or someone who has known has mental health problems but not taking their medication.

You know, 30 years ago, we decided as a country, let's not institutionalize people, and instead leaned into medication and as a

cure-all for mental health. Now, there was plenty of problems with our mental health

institutions. However, we have a habit in our country from going

from one end to the other and not thinking, well, maybe something in the middle might be better.

And we have done a disservice for those who suffer from it and those obviously who have been a victim of it in the wake of that decision.

We have more homelessness, more gun violence since we made that collective decision and we just pretend or don't address that that might be the root cause of it.