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Police encounter many people with mental-health crises. Could psychiatrists help?
Health Care, In the News, Public SafetyPolice departments have become a de facto arm of the American mental-health system. Research suggests that about 2 million people with serious mental illness are booked into jails in the United States each year. A 2016 review of studi...
Can Mental Health Parity Help Address the Mental/Behavioral Gap in Child Health?
Childhood, Health CareChildren and youth face major gaps in access to mental and behavioral health services. Rates of identification of mental health conditions in the pediatric population continue to lag well behind what we know about the prevalence of these...
When medication is essential to mental health
Health Care, In the News, Policy & Culture ChangeAccording to the National Institute of Mental Health, 44.7 million adults in the U.S. currently live with mental illness, 19.2 million of whom are receiving treatment in the form of counseling and prescription medication. Still, in casu...
Opinion: How to Have a Better Conversation About Mental Illness
Health Care, Policy & Culture ChangeMuch good has come of the increased willingness to discuss mental disorders. There is greater acceptance than in the past that mental illness is real and common, and that when it arises, its causes are complex and cannot be explained awa...
What happens when schoolchildren live in violent neighborhoods?
Childhood, Education, In the News, Policy & Culture ChangeThe effects are broader than previously known, a study finds. Researchers have shown — and teachers know — that schoolchildren exposed to neighborhood violence can have a tougher time learning, experiencing more stress and depression...
Davis resident graduates Mental Health Court
Corrections, Health Care, JusticeYolo County, California District Attorney Jeff Reisig announced that on Monday, June 11, 28-year-old Davis resident Jessie Tessler graduated from Mental Health Court in Department Six of the Yolo County Superior Court. Mental Health Cour...
Study after study shows ex-prisoners would be better off without intense supervision
Corrections, Policy & Culture Change, ReentryIn a recent review of the literature on prisoner reentry, Brookings Institution Nonresident Fellow Jennifer Doleac summarized the best evidence on how to improve the lives of the formerly incarcerated. One of the most striking findings ...
Twisted By Extreme Child Abuse, Man Is Rehabilitated By Loving Relationship
Corrections, ReentryFour months after he was released from prison, Steven Cave, 36, sat between the couple he calls his parents in Bloomsburg, Pa., and explained how their kindness showed him how to end a lifetime of chaos. Steven Cave’s imprisonment at the...
‘It’s not an easy life’ – The collision of homelessness and mental illness
HousingThey can’t control their mental health, so it takes control of them. It can cost them their jobs, if they still have them: Maybe they can’t shake the weight keeping them from getting to work, and their bosses don’t understand. Mayb...
Why This Man Crusades For Mental Health After Nearly 30 Years In Prison
Corrections, Health Care, Reentry“Society is not taking this issue seriously,” Thad Tatum says of the mental health needs of formerly incarcerated people. An estimated 20 percent of people in jails and 15 percent in state prisons have a serious mental illness, accor...