Fraser Smith: Time for a difficult conversation 

Posted: 7:50 pm Thu, November 19, 2009
By C. Fraser Smith

If image is everything, the conversation about how to treat the mentally ill just got more difficult. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan took care of that when, allegedly, he killed 13 soldiers and wounded dozens more at Fort Hood in Texas. The image of a mentally ill Army officer run amok may be difficult to combat. But ...