![]() Koenig’s meetings with Lanza resulted in similar conclusions, resulting in her advice that he take medication. “During my brief meeting with, while I was concerned clinically with his rigidity and social constriction, I noted nothing … which would have made this unfortunate outcome foreseeable,” King told state police. Still, King insisted to police that he saw nothing to indicate extreme potential for violence. The initial visit was arranged by Lanza’s father, Peter, who told police that Adam “loved being a kid.” But by age 11, Peter reportedly noticed a shift in his son’s disposition, prompting him to approach King.ĭuring the initial examination, King found Lanza to have a “profound” case of autism and concerning isolationist and antisocial tendencies. The family was subsequently referred to Koenig, a psychiatric nurse, for regular therapy appointments. 24, 2006 for a three-hour psychiatric evaluation conducted with King. Koenig, King and other Child Study Center representatives declined requests for comment.ĭocuments show that Lanza was first seen at the Child Study Center on Oct. However, Nancy Lanza was not receptive to Koenig’s reasoning.” Koenig attempted to convince Nancy Lanza that the medication was not causing any purported symptoms which Adam Lanza might be experiencing. “Nancy Lanza was reporting her son was attributing this symptom to the medication … due to her son’s symptoms, he would be discontinuing use of the medication. “Koenig received a phone call from Nancy Lanza which reported her son was ‘unable to raise his arm,’” a document in the State Police report reads. However, Lanza’s mother, Nancy Lanza, objected to the program - particularly the use of medication to treat her son - and discontinued her son’s treatment after only four visits to the center. Together, King and Koenig sought to devise a course of treatment that combined behavioral-based therapy and a prescription for Celexa, a common anti-depressant. The report contained the names of Kathleen Koenig YSN ’88 and Robert King, both staff at the Child Study Center, who began to treat Lanza in 2006. 14, 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 26 students and school staff dead. ![]() 27, the Connecticut State Police released its final report on the investigation into the Dec. Their proposed treatment plan was ultimately resisted by the shooter and his mother. ![]() For the children and teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary, for the families of those we’ve lost, and for all those whose lives have been upended by this senseless violence, I will keep fighting.”Ĭongressman Jim Himes represents Connecticut’s 4 th District, which includes the communities of Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Redding, Ridgefield, Shelton, Stamford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport and Wilton.A team of Yale researchers was among the first to diagnose the mental illnesses that plagued Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza, according to police documents. These commonsense policies are a welcome reprieve from years of inaction on protecting the American people from the scourge of gun violence, but as we have seen in the last few months, they are insufficient to keep our communities safe. Last summer, Congress finally took a step forward by advancing the first gun safety legislation in decades. This carnage does not end until we agree that enough is enough. “Each day, more communities are ravaged by shootings, more families are broken, and more lives are lost. What’s more, our nation has never had a moment to catch our breath in the ongoing deluge of gun violence. We will never stop mourning the innocent victims, nor forget the horrific violence that robbed them of their futures. “Ten years later, the loss of twenty schoolchildren and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut continues to weigh heavy on our hearts. Washington, DC-Today, Congressman Jim Himes released the following statement marking ten years since the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut:
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