In the wake of mass shootings, the conversation often turns to guns and mental health.Since the murder of 19 children and two adults at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last month, there have been countless politicians who blame mental illness and not guns for the violence.But Carol Olson says while mental illness may play a role in some mass shootings, it’s more
As the longtime head of psychiatry at Valleywise Health, Carol Olson knows the challenges of providing care to people with serious mental illness.Last fall, she joined the director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), the head of the state hospital and others on the Joint Legislative Psychiatric Hospital Review Council, which convened to discuss how to