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Actually were never shot at. so what is going on? and if you look at that kind of isolation, it affects all mental health issues. suicide, depression, in-so many 123450e a insomnia, a all those are sky high. >> so how do we cope with this then if its not exactly with a weve thought it was for all these years? what are some new solutions to the problems? >> there is a conflation of things. when people feel alienated, its wrong to call it ptsd. they werent traumatized. what theyre doing is having ...

Its ability to identify potential threats on basis. they should coordinate with the fbi to learn how to identify threats. have stricter vetting for people seeking access. there was a question on how well they were able to implement these. we have to do better at monitoring people that are mentally unstable to make sure theres a safety net there. >> absolutely. weve labeled it ptsd. is this a disorder or is this an illness or is this a wound? arguably, the military is -- when youre deployed, its ...

370. malaysia requested that australia lead the search for the missing aircraft. >> we cannot be certain of success. >> today, the underwater search begins. >> weve got so much equipment out there now. everything out there right now is 24 hour service. there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or a soldier. >> lopez was undergoing a variety of treatments for anxiety and ptsd. good morning welcome back to "new day." it is friday, april 4th, now 7:00 in the east. up first...

System hopelessly broken. our next guest is republican representative from pennsylvania, tim murphy. hes sponsoring the most sweepi sweepi sweeping over haul of our mental health system to date. let me first tap into your skills as a clinician in this situation. we learned about his background, that he has self-reported himself having tbi. we dont know what the collection of drugs were or how they were monitored. we do know he was going through an evaluation process for ptsd. they said he gave n...

An example of where the system worked. he self-declared he had a problem. he was in the system. he was being evaluated. he was in the process. the protocol was wrapped around him. sadly, we couldnt accelerate the diagnosis so that it was post-traumatic something. its important what we label things. >> were going to talk to a forensic expert, a psychologist expert who worked on the hasan case about whether he thinks the period of review are adequate with whats going on in the military. this shoot...

There is a standard of care comprehensive mental health evaluation which includes spending enough time with the individual that he will trust you to tell you whats really going on in. >> so im not going to give you the first time we meet? >> very unlikely. if hes really, really distressed, yes, it will come out because people are off guard at that moment. people will mental illness are not more violent. vets returning with ptsd are not more violent. lets talk about the system and what the army a...

Postmortem that im sure the army will look at. when we are treating someone with ptsd, theres a lot of levels you look at. you look at their background. you look at their social stressors. you look at the medication theyre on. was it right, was it effect active. a lot of systems like ptsd can be misdiagnosed. that person on certain medications can increase the risk for problems, they have to be closely monitored throughout this whole process. he may have had problem care and didnt respond. all t...

Forms, veterans will lie. ive treated veterans reporting to me homicide l thoughts, suicidal thoughts. theyre not going to the va because theyre concerned. this is not the militarys fault. i dont criticize the military for this. but its an unusual circumstance. if youre my psychiatrist, you can call my boss, you can call my commander. you should call my commander. so what ive seen is that there really is a bias to underreport. yes, he reported anxiety, depression, maybe symptoms of ptsd. that do...

And depression. we understand that he was taking a variety of medications, chris. everything from anti-depressants to the drug ambien. we also know had was being evaluated for ptsd, but not officially diagnosed. this is all very out of character for people who knew this soldier. people describe him as a good soldier, a person with a lot of values. not the person that shot and killed three people, injured 16. three of the people in critical condition, we know, were updated to serious condition ye...

Stop calling it ptsd, disorder. if you call it a disorder, youre discouraging the veterans from getting the help they need, telling them theres something wrong with them. i think we should give him credit for that. as we get back to new york, you ever show up at the wrong office? >> not recently. >> ever shown up at the wrong office? >> member of the united states senate, dan coates. >> im at the wrong hearing. >> oh, okay. >> ive got the right room number, but the wrong hearing. >> i saw some...