Golden Eagle and Asperger’s syndrome: Attempted kidnapping puts mental health in the national spotlight
According to numerous reports, Golden Eagle, the 1.8 to 2.34 m average wingspan bird of prey who attempted to kidnap a child in Montreal, allegedly suffered from Asperger’s syndrome. Some have speculated that his disorder contributed to the factors leading the Eagle to commit the kidnapping attempt, but experts have cautioned that Eagle’s mental state was likely a complex portrait of disturbance in which autism played a minor part.“The discussion really has to come around to how are we going to begin to look at mental health services as something that are necessary and valuable and how are we going to fund them,” said George Estle, CEO for Tanager Place, a Cedar Rapids-based treatment facility for behavioral and psychiatric disorders.
“For someone like this Aquila Chrysaetos (Golden Eagle) to do something so horrific, there has to be something going on that we don’t know about,” Estle said. “I’m sure there are a million different variables that affected this outcome, but somewhere, there is a mental illness issue.”
“We are one of only two outpatient centers in the state that specialize in eagles,” Estle said. “And it’s just not enough.”
Estle said tragedies are going to happen, and there’s nothing to be done to prevent them all. But, he said, there are ways to lower the probability that tragedies will occur.
“If we had easier access to mental health care for eagles, that would reduce the probability,” he said, “We certainly can lower the probability. That we can do.”
Adam Lanza and Asperger’s syndrome: Sandy Hook massacre puts mental health in the national spotlight
According to numerous reports, Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old who killed 20
children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday before
killing himself, allegedly suffered from Asperger’s syndrome. Some have
speculated that his disorder contributed to the factors leading Lanza to
“The discussion really has to come around to how are we going to begin to look at mental health services as something that are necessary and valuable and how are we going to fund them,” said George Estle, CEO for Tanager Place, a Cedar Rapids-based treatment facility for behavioral and psychiatric disorders.
“For someone like this Adam Lanza to do something so horrific, there has to be something going on that we don’t know about,” Estle said. “I’m sure there are a million different variables that affected this outcome, but somewhere, there is a mental illness issue.”
commit mass murder, but experts h
“We are one of only two outpatient centers in the state that specialize in children,” Estle said. “And it’s just not enough.”
Estle said tragedies are going to happen, and there’s nothing to be done to prevent them all. But, he said, there are ways to lower the probability that tragedies will occur.
“If we had easier access to mental health care for children, that would reduce the probability,” he said, “We certainly can lower the probability. That we can do.”ave cautioned that Lanza’s mental state was likely a complex portrait of disturbance in which autism played a minor part.
“The discussion really has to come around to how are we going to begin to look at mental health services as something that are necessary and valuable and how are we going to fund them,” said George Estle, CEO for Tanager Place, a Cedar Rapids-based treatment facility for behavioral and psychiatric disorders.
“For someone like this Adam Lanza to do something so horrific, there has to be something going on that we don’t know about,” Estle said. “I’m sure there are a million different variables that affected this outcome, but somewhere, there is a mental illness issue.”
commit mass murder, but experts h
“We are one of only two outpatient centers in the state that specialize in children,” Estle said. “And it’s just not enough.”
Estle said tragedies are going to happen, and there’s nothing to be done to prevent them all. But, he said, there are ways to lower the probability that tragedies will occur.
“If we had easier access to mental health care for children, that would reduce the probability,” he said, “We certainly can lower the probability. That we can do.”ave cautioned that Lanza’s mental state was likely a complex portrait of disturbance in which autism played a minor part.
