African Americans who are mentally ill are at greater risk of being repeatedly victimized than are mentally ill white people, according to criminologists at Georgia State University. The researchers found the rate of recurring …
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Stress of Discrimination Can Harm Mental Health | Psych Central …
Mays calls for a better coordinated public health effort to better integrate what is known about the outcomes of discrimination into health care profiles. “We screen for mental health disorders when we are putting together an …
Lawyers urge timely mental health services | The Columbian
SEATTLE — Lawyers for mentally ill criminal defendants want a federal judge to force Washington officials to provide timely mental health services, opposi.
Study shows veteran, civilian patients at risk of ICU-related PTSD …
In a first-of-its-kind study of veterans and civilians, researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that one in 10 patients is at risk of having a new post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following their time in the …
Guns, Mental Illness, and Background Checks. – Maria Yang, MD
The New York Times has a short article about “Why People With Mental Illness Are Able to Obtain Guns“. One reason offered is “Their Mental Health Records Are Not Accessible”. The author, unfortunately, does not provide …