MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR SPEAKS ON DETERMINING LANZA WARNING SIGNS

AS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE KILLER IN FRIDAY'S CONNECTICUT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IS LEARNED, SOME ARE WONDERING IF THERE WERE ANY WARNING SIGNS THAT ADAM LANZA WAS A THREAT TO OTHERS.

JIM RIXNER IS THE DIRECTOR OF SIOUXLAND MENTAL HEALTH AND SAYS MOST INCIDENTS LIKE THESE INVOLVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DISPLAYED BEHAVIORAL ISSUES:



SIOUXLAND MENTAL HEALTH SEES 4000 CLIENTS EACH YEAR. RIXNER SAYS THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS ARE NOT THREATS TO SOCIETY, BUT THERE ARE A FEW THAT DO POSE A DANGER:



RIXNER SAYS THOSE INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE FOLLOWED UP WITH BEYOND THE COURT SYSTEM.  HE SAYS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS SHOULD NOT BE STIGMATIZED.

ADAM LANZA, WHO MURDERED THE 27 CONNECTICUT VICTIMS, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, WHICH IS A FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS.