If people cannot control their own emotions, are they responsible for their actions? Should society help them cope?The important question for society is, if some individuals cannot -- due to objectively verifiable brain disorders -- control their behavior, can we allow them freedom, even if they have not yet committed a serious crime? Right now the courts are mixed on this, as they should be, because there is no objective way of predicting threats. But it is a problem.
Perhaps a variant on older ideas would work. One could have a voluntary program in which the county nurse (or whatever the equivalent is) checks on a patient and makes sure that proper medication is given. It's a tough problem as there are varying degrees of disorders. The usual rule is to take care of those who present a danger to themselves or to society.