Category Archives: Mental Illness

Forensic Psychiatric Patients Don't Blame Mental Illness for Crimes …

Offenders sentenced to forensic psychiatric care do not consider their mental illness to be the main reason for their crimes. Instead, they point to abuse,

2016 Awareness Calendar | Psychology Today

National Prevention Week by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA). Month. May 1 – May 31, 2016. Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. Family Support Month. Global Youth Traffic Safety …

Police Violence Raises Concern Over Access to Mental Health …

Services Are Not Available Where People Need Them. According to WBEZ analysis from June 2015, many of the police districts with the most mental health 911 calls, are also the districts with the fewest mental health services.

Police Violence Raises Concern Over Access to Mental Health – WBEZ

Services Are Not Available Where People Need Them. According to WBEZ analysis from June 2015, many of the police districts with the most mental health 911 calls, are also the districts with the fewest mental health services.

Clinton to Unveil Autism Plan, Remove Stigma on Mental Illness

At the same town hall, Clinton also talked about the need to remove the stigma from mental illnesses and enforce mental health parity law after the mother of a 16-year-old boy with mental illness in an in-patient program told …