US can't afford to ignore mentally ill

Two recent tragedies in Washington, D.C., highlight the critical need for a national conversation about mental health issues in this country: * On Oct. 3, Miriam Carey, a dental hygienist from Stamford, Conn., crashed her car into a barricade near the White House.

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