With news that the number of serious mental health-related emergencies in the U.K., including people attempting to or taking their own lives, has rocketed in the past few years, it's time to admit that government cuts teamed …
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An Open Letter to the President About Mental Health Care
No one in this country, or world, should have barriers to getting excellent mental health care. I am one of the lucky ones, who finally found a brilliant psychiatrist, but I am writing on behalf on those who are still waiting… who are …
Homelessness fixes: Start with mental-health services | The Seattle …
Mental illness and drug addiction are huge factors contributing to our homeless crisis, and could have played a role in the recent tent encampment shooting [“Death in Seattle's Jungle: Two lives lost after long struggle with …
City of Chicago Announces Reforms to Address Crisis Interventions …
Persons with mental illnesses face enormous stigma. The City of Chicago's intention to train first responders, dispatchers and 911 operators, and police officers on mental health awareness will go a long way towards ensuring …
Living With Bipolar Disorder: How I Got to Not Meet Oprah! | bpHope …
Whilst setting up my business I sank back into a period of depression and it was then suggested that I may have bipolar disorder. Four months on and a new medication plan firmly in place, I now feel confident that I can move …