While mental health advocates are happy Congress is authorizing new funds for mental health services, they also expressed concern it would perpetuate the false idea that people with mental health issues are largely responsible for gun violence.
." Less attention has been paid to the mental health programs that most of the estimated $13 billion is earmarked for., a psychiatry professor at the Duke University School of Medicine who studies the intersection of gun violence and mental illness.
The pairing of these initiatives in the legislation spearheaded by a small group of senators after the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, was a result of Republicans’ insistence that any gun reform effort must also address mental health, even as Democrats disavowed a connection between the two concerns.
"We don't think you can solve America's gun violence epidemic through the prism of mental health. But if we have agreement between Democrats and Republicans to spend billions of additional dollars on mental health treatment, especially for vulnerable communities, let's take that opportunity," said Sen.
A central question about this heightened level of investment is whether it can make a difference in the nation’s struggle to combat gun violence. Here’s a look at key mental health aspects in the new law.at $13 billion, a large chunk of which will be used to increase funding to expand existing mental health and school safety services programs, including $1 billion over five years for two programs to boost the number of mental health counselors in schools.
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