Hm?

Is the country really ready for a serious discussion about mental illness as the mother in this piece says:  http://now.msn.com/i-am-adam-lanzas-mother-says-mom-of-mentally-ill-son?  I don't know.  Would the American people come together in a compationate way or start witch hunts?  Would mental illness take a step forward, or backwards, if we did have the courage to start the conversation?  Will the case in France (http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_french-psychiatrist-gets-year-in-jail-after-patient-kills-80-year-old_1779152) really move psychatric treatment forward?  I highly doubt it.  No matter how much I want to hope, it seems like sand receeding away with the tide.