Changes Needed at Mental Hospitals, Editorial States

Recent violent incidents at California's state-run mental hospitals have spurred several lawmakers to "ask for immediate help and fuller disclosures on security," a San Francisco Chronicle editorial states. The editorial continues that small changes -- such as stronger safety measures and amended treatment rules -- would "ease the worst of the problems and buy time to consider an overhaul of the system."

• "California Mental Health System a Dangerous Relic" (San Francisco Chronicle, 4/24).