The spate of school shootings in the US in the last few years have brought the issues of behavioral problems and mental health to the forefront of gun violence. Easy access to guns and other hardware have made young kids with anger issues dangerous to masses. A Dangerous Son documentary on HBO evaluates states infrastructure to deal with its troubled subjects and keep them and those around them safe.
A Dangerous Son Documentary Cast
Directed by Liz Garbus, the series exposes racks in a system that fails too many families, with potentially devastating consequences for the child or for others.
A Dangerous Son (2018)
Developed By: Ted Gesing
Cast: Dr. Thomas Insel, Andrew Solomon, Creigh Deeds, Liza Long
Network: HBO
Air Date: May 7 2018, 8 PM
A Dangerous Son Documentary Synopsis
A Dangerous Son Documentary focuses on three children with mental health and behavioral disorders. The documentary details their families’ ongoing struggles to obtain treatment for the behavioral problems they exhibit.
Ethan suffers from uncontrollable anger bouts that prompts outbursts in which he curses, hits his younger sister, Elexa, and violently pulls his mother Stacy’s hair. In and out of states funded program, Ethan has been better after continuing in-home therapy, but Stacy, now pregnant, knows he could always regress.
Vontae is quiet and withdrawn. But after Vontae threatens to get a gun and shoot a teacher, the School Threat Assessment Response Team finds him a threat to himself and others. His family’s mental health history puts him at additional risk, and his mother worries that Vontae is still not receiving adequate care.
William’s mother says he started hearing voices at the onset of puberty and is obsessed with James Holmes, the perpetrator of the 2012 mass shooting at an Aurora movie theater. Although William’s mental-health professionals say he needs more time in a facility, the family’s Medicaid has run out, leaving few options.
The guilt and isolation parents feel can be overwhelming, as is the constant worry that their child may harm himself or herself, or others. And while treatment can greatly improve the outcome, appropriate care is often a luxury available only to those who can afford it, or who happen to live in states with free or affordable treatment.
A Dangerous Son Trailer
Take a glimpse of these painful accounts of parents who helplessly watch their children suffer and tell us what you think.
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