The article argues that year‑long waitlists and scarce residential treatment for adolescents with severe, escalating symptoms create dangerous gaps where obvious warning signs go untreated. It urges shifting focus from culture‑war frames to building capacity for intensive, residential care and faster triage for high‑risk youth.
— Treating youth psychiatric bed capacity as core public‑safety infrastructure reframes policy on mass violence and directs investment toward measurable prevention.
Stephen Eide
2025.09.15
55% relevant
Although focused on an adult case, the article’s core claim—that bed shortages and lack of intensive, residential treatment enable preventable violence—parallels the youth‑focused argument that capacity gaps are a public‑safety issue, not just a care‑access issue.
2025.09.12
82% relevant
The piece on the Minneapolis church shooting ties a teen’s escalating red flags to lack of access to residential care and calls for renewed investment in intensive treatment, matching the argument that inpatient capacity is core public‑safety infrastructure.
Christina Buttons
2025.09.11
100% relevant
Minnesota’s reported residential‑care shortages, Westman’s long‑documented violent ideation, and the teacher’s account of at‑risk students 'falling through the cracks.'