USA Today Opinion: To fight opioid epidemic, treat drug use with compassion, not judgment
Health Care, Policy & Culture Change…We often hear that we know what we should do regarding the opioid epidemic; we simply aren’t doing it. But we’re only sometimes right about this, and it’s often much harder than we think. For instance: If you’ve been reading the ...
‘Answer is not building better jails’ – From Lee Provost at The Daily Journal
In the News, Judge Steven Leifman, Justice, National Advisors, Policy & Culture ChangeLee Provost from the Daily Journal in Kankakee, IL writes about Equitas National Advisor Judge Steve Leifman, who presented at the Kankakee Country Club in Kankakee, IL last month. Leifman, a national leader in solving complex and costly...
Equitas Executive Director Vincent Atchity appears on panel – Mental Health: A Crisis in Colorado
Childhood, Corrections, Education, Employment, Health Care, Housing, In the News, Justice, Policy & Culture Change, Public Safety, ReentryLIVE: A Community Conversation – MENTAL HEALTH: A crisis in Colorado hosted by KKTV Channel 11 and The Colorado Springs Gazette at Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs. Read more about the discussion here....
Forbes: How Does A Pipeline Of New Treatments For Mental Health Combat Stigma?
Health Care, Policy & Culture ChangeLeading global experts have stated that a coordinated, diverse effort has the potential to reduce suicide, psychosis, and mental illness-related disability by 50% by 2030. However, the current level of unmet need in brain health is sign...
Mental Health Colorado “scores” state lawmakers
Health Care, Policy & Culture ChangeMental Health Colorado, a nonpartisan 501(c)3 organization that advocates for mental health, led the pack this year in releasing its scorecard May 21. Article by Faith Miller with the Colorado Springs Independent. Read the full article...
Equitas ED quoted in Special Report: Colorado’s jails and prisons house many of the state’s mentally ill
Corrections, Health Care, In the NewsWritten by Rachel Riley at the Colorado Springs Gazette. “They miss medication doses, sinking further into psychosis as their symptoms take hold. They try to kill themselves and sometimes succeed. They lash out at staff and fellow inmate...
Oregon Governor Signs Bill To Track Info About Jail Inmates
Data, Health Care, Public Safety, ReentryOregon Gov. Kate Brown signed legislation Wednesday that will require local and regional jails to provide the state with information about the people in their custody, as well as details about the health care inmates receive. “It is i...
Higher Rate of ED Visits in Mental Illness Patients Explained
Health Care, Ron HonbergIndividuals with mental health diagnoses make 25% more visits to the emergency department (ED) than those without mental illness; increases in frequency correspond to illness severity, new research shows. Investigators analyzed data on m...
Evaluation of North Carolina’s Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education Program (From the RAND Corporation)
Corrections, Education, ReentryBefore 2013, incarcerated individuals in North Carolina could enroll in college correspondence courses, but there was no coordinated effort to provide a path toward a postsecondary degree or credential. Furthermore, there was no coordina...
Trump pardons Pat Nolan, former GOP lawmaker taken down in FBI’s ‘Shrimpscam’ probe
Pat Nolan, J.D., Policy & Culture Change, ReentryPresident Trump has pardoned Pat Nolan, a former Republican state legislative leader who spent years in prison after being convicted in the “Shrimpscam” FBI sting in the 1990s and later became a high-profile conservative apostle fo...