Shuttering state institutions was supposed to help fix mental health care. What happened? The hope was the entire country would be covered by the mid-1970s. "The mentally ill ... need no longer be alien to our affections or beyond the help of our communities," Kennedy said after signing ... 05/16/2024 - 8:30 pm | View Link
Opinion: A first step to help the mentally ill When it comes to limiting the practice of holding a mentally ill person in a jail even though he faces no criminal charges, the Mississippi Legislature’s heart is in the right place. 05/15/2024 - 1:22 pm | View Link
Worker Harassment Cases Get ‘Tricky’ With Mentally Ill Patients The EEOC’s recent federal appeals court loss in a case where assisted living residents harassed workers left unresolved the extent to which employers face liability over the use of racist slurs from ... 05/15/2024 - 5:18 am | View Link
Councilman warns of ‘disaster’ for NYC after beds for mentally ill slashed in half at new Brooklyn jail Lincoln Restler noted that 55% of inmates at Rikers require mental health treatment and that the Brooklyn detention center is only slated to have 22% of beds for mentally ill patients. 05/13/2024 - 2:58 pm | View Link
Here Is Why a Federal Judge Rejected Hunter Biden's Second Amendment Challenge to His Gun Charges Likening drug users to people who are "mentally ill and dangerous," the ruling says barring them from owning firearms is not unconstitutional on its face. 05/12/2024 - 4:29 pm | View Link
After Lia Thomas became the first trans athlete to win NCAA swimming championship, Oberlin lacrosse coach Kim Russell felt it was unfair. She spoke up.