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BSO Sheriff, Panel Take Up Gun Control & Mental Illness « CBS Miami

A violent trend gripping the country with fear and grief is prompting a conversation at home on how to stop the massacres.

Current U.S. policies fail to deliver mental illness treatments | The …

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 18.5 percent of Americans experienced mental illness in the past year, 4.2 percent of which interfered with their daily lives. Moreover, NAMI states adults in the …

Comcast fires veteran with panic disorder after he asks to use …

According to a recent lawsuit, Inman had asked his employer to accommodate his disability by allowing him flexible medical leave when panic attacks occurred, and Comcast had done so. Inman has a service dog, a German …

DHCS Affirms that 'Katie A.' Services Aren't Just for Foster Youth

In May, Young Minds Advocacy wrote to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requesting action to end the prohibition on providing intensive community-based mental healthcare to as many as 15,000 …

State Expands Mental Health Services for Probationers | 540 WRGC

According to a report by the Urban Institute, more than half of North Carolina's prisoners have a mental health problem. To help address those issues, six counties are expanding mental health services for probationers with …