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Could his counseling be improved?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8211289.stm
In above, they assumed that he did not intend to kill himself because he said so. But, I think it is quite obvious that anyone would say that to avoid mental hospital.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8211289.stm
Cho met counsellor Sherry Lynch in December 2005 after he was detained in a mental hospital overnight because he had expressed thoughts of suicide.
"He denies suicidal and/or homicidal thoughts. Said the comment he made was a joke. Says he has not reason to harm self and would never do it," Ms Conrad wrote in her evaluation.
She urged him to return for counselling the following term. He was not seen again by the centre.
In above, they assumed that he did not intend to kill himself because he said so. But, I think it is quite obvious that anyone would say that to avoid mental hospital.
But some survivors, and families of the victims, say they are more concerned about the treatment Cho received at the counselling centre.
While most of the survivors and relatives of the victims accepted an $11m (£6.6m) settlement from the state in April 2008, two families earlier this year took out a civil suit against the state, the school and its counselling centre.