Based on the media reports, the young bloke involved probably requires a lot of support and encouragement.
I don't think anyone would be talking about support and encouragement if his actions had resulted in multiple fatalities. Sorry, claiming mental illness or not, everyone is accountable for their own actions. Everyone needs to understand that this type of unlawful interference with aviation is no less of a crime than hijack. This guy should have gone to jail to be "supported and encouraged" and to show that messing around with airliners full of passengers and the people that control them is unacceptable.