Students at Danbury High School were recently left stunned and confused by the senseless death of a classmate who took her own life by jumping from the fifth floor of the Danbury Fair Mall. There is nothing that can be said to make sense of tragedies like these, yet what makes them even more devastating is that we are prohibited from using the methods that could potentially prevent them.
As a former probate judge from neighboring Brookfield, and the parent of a child who has been treated for mental-health issues, I have long been aware that the laws for mental-health intervention in Connecticut are wholly inadequate and flawed; in fact, it is quite likely they contributed to the demise of this beautiful young woman.
