> Mandatory mental health is really ripe for abuse. Furthermore, it is interpretative,

Precisely the reason so many countries avoid doing it.

> and then a script you can't afford.

It also doesn't help when a tiny percentage get their medication and one day choose to stop taking them.

It is depressing to say, but these random acts of violence can't be stopped unless a new solution is found. The barbaric tactics of the past should not be re-instituted. That much we agree on. Removing it completely without a substitute to fill the void has created very foreseeable problems that certain laws (including the war on drugs) have only made worse in the following years after.

My perspective is from an American focused view point, so my knowledge on other legal practices are limited. imo, if the field of psychology continues to fail to identify these threats, I hope that technology (and possibly brain scanning devices) can discover a new method of locating erratic behavior without as much bias. At least with a machine, you can see what the computer is looking for, so political, religious, and other ideological opinions can be screened out, or at the very least, made public before implementation.

Who knows... maybe such tech will become the new Lie-Detector. Bunk science, easily beat and defeated, but still trusted by millions because it is shown on tv.

Right now, something's gotta be done, and the old ways aren't working.