People who live in poorer areas in England are more likely to need mental healthcare but are less likely to access support and to recover from their symptoms following treatment, according to researchers at the University …
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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 …
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 …
15 Finds Out: Mental illness link to mass violence misleading | WANE
That blame often lands on mental illness. Reports suggest that in the mass shootings in the United States since 1970, around 60 percent of the perpetrators showed symptoms of depression, delusions, and paranoia, …
Haben Girma, deaf-blind disability rights advocate | PETER BOWES
Haben Girma, a deaf blind disability rights advocate, has a powerful message about access to education and technology for the disabled. Haben uses a digital Braille system to communicate and was the first deaf blind student …