Mental Health Stigma Won't Prevent Mass Shootings / Olivia Riggio

When you are able to attribute mass shootings to mental illness, you don't really have to think about any systemic, cultural, or political issues. You can just say, “this is a bad apple, and that's why they did this bad thing.” I think it can be comforting in a way…When you're talking about the corporate press, it's simply easier. It's lazy because they're not really truly addressing the problem of mental illness either.