Kong Hee said he is the sole breadwinner of his family and that his parents are old, his siblings are deaf and mute, and that his 10 year old son quit school because of a mental illness. Facing a maximum sentence of life …
Category Archives: Mental Illness
Rockford mental health advocates say budget cuts are costing the …
While the budget impasse is causing some mental health programs to cut services, mental health advocates say these cuts are actually costing you more in the long haul. "They put me on medication," Gregory Motley said.
15 Finds Out: Group works to improve mental health care access …
But, stigma and a confusing health care system are keeping a lot of people from the care they need. “The average diagnosis and treatment of a mental illness takes eight years. We can't go on like that,” Marcia Haaff, the CEO …
Judged Incompetent to Stand Trial, People with Mental Illness Still …
Some of Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens—people facing criminal charges who are not competent to stand trial because of mental disabilities—have begun a class action lawsuit over the state's provision of mental …
Mental illness link to mass violence misleading | KXAN.com
Investigators, lawmakers, analysts and the media search for somewhere to place the blame and find a way to prevent the tragedies from happening again. That blame often lands on mental illness. Reports suggest that in the …