From the author: Translation of a new article by Dr. Pamela Wyble, who organized a hotline for suicidal doctors. Previously, a translation of an article about the suicidal risks of doctors and emotional burnout has already been published. A translation of a new article by Dr. Pamela Wyble, who organized a hotline for suicidal doctors. Untreated mental illness + weapons = predictable disasters. America in 2018 = 307 mass shootings within 311 days. This week, a veteran with suspected PTSD shot up the Borderline Bar & Grill. His message in the form of a Facebook post: "I hope people call me insane... (laughing emojis).. wouldn't that just be a big ball of irony? Yeah.. I'm insane, but the only thing you people do after these shootings is 'hopes and prayers'.. or 'keep you in my thoughts'... every time... and wonder why these keep happening.. "I hope people call me crazy... (laughing emoji)... isn't that ironic? Yes... I'm crazy, but the only thing you people do after these shootings is "hopes and prayers"... or "thinking of you"... every time... and wondering why this keeps happening ... "Should we help with the madness - that's what the shooter appears to be asking - or just hope and pray? Or fall into our usual anti/pro-gun argument? Let's analyze the irony that the gunman reveals before gunning down 13 Americans. Let's delve into the unknown territory of human psychology - the brain of a determined shooter before disaster. His prophetic post may provide the answer we are looking for. Because we the people are reacting exactly as he predicted. Publicly blaming the shooter as a madman. Offering the victims our hopes and prayers. Is this really the best we can do? They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Yet we keep going in circles, asking the same questions: where did he get the gun? Did he get it legally? What was his motive? Instead of post-mortem interrogation, let's conduct a psychological autopsy of the living - analyze our response as a clue as to why the killings continue. I have a unique perspective on mental health care in America. I was once a suicidal doctor. Now I'm running a suicide hotline for doctors. I've spoken with thousands of doctors and researched over 1,100 suicides (murder-suicides). Doctors have a suicide rate higher than any other profession. Even higher than that of veterans. If doctors can't get proper mental health care, will patients have better lives? Unlikely. Here's why: There are 393,300,000 guns in America and only 28,000 psychiatrists (that's 14,046 civilian-owned guns per US psychiatrist; and 7,447 guns per US psychiatrist in 2012). This means, that in just 6 years we have doubled the number of guns per psychiatrist. Making guns easier to access while reducing access to mental health is not a winning strategy. Why do we have so many guns and so few psychiatrists? We have a constitutional right to bear arms. We have no constitutional right to health care. America leads the world in mental illness. Most Americans will develop at least one mental illness. In more than half, the onset of the disease develops in childhood. However, more than half of our psychiatrists are on the verge of retirement. Meanwhile, America remains the most armed nation in the world with 120 "guns" per 100 US citizens - that's more than one gun per person. Nearly half of all Americans have at least one gun in their home. The human brain controls the gun. People will find a way to end their pain. A civilized society offers civilized solutions. A society of violence offers violent solutions.B