I thought about writing on what was responsible for this kind of nightmare. There's plenty of blame to go around, but I'm not going to focus on that. That part of the "system" that was supposed to help this soldier failed. It probably wasn't one particular thing or person that could be held responsible. Patients slip through the cracks all over the healthcare realm and the metal health field specifically is a particularly damn slippery one. Two patients present with identical self described symptoms. What med works for one, doesn't work for the other, or potentially makes it worse. What works today may not work a week from now. Until the Affordable Care Act, Mental Health treatment and Substance abuse treatment has usually been its own special thing instead of a component of a traditional health insurance policy. In today's world, both Military and non-military, Mental Health services deserve more respect, funding and attention.
This all should've happened a long time ago...
Just consider this a perfect storm of a sick soldier who couldn't get the attention/treatment he really needed until he did something over the top.
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