Vance Links Minneapolis School Shooting to U.S. Mental-Health Crisis

U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the country must confront what he called a worsening mental-health crisis following a school shooting in Minneapolis on Aug. 27. Speaking in Washington a day after the attack, Vance noted that Americans consume more psychiatric medication than any other nation and argued that policymakers need to examine whether over-prescription and other untreated conditions are contributing to violent incidents. Vance did not outline specific policy proposals but urged a broad reconsideration of how mental-health issues are diagnosed and treated. His remarks come as federal and state officials investigate the shooting, which involved a transgender assailant, and renew debates over gun policy, public safety and access to mental-health care.