INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Jan. 28, 2016)– With 5,600 mentally-ill inmates, the Indiana Department of Correction houses more persons with psychiatric problems than all other facilities across the state combined. The Marion …
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Warrior Moms Educate on Postpartum Depression | Fit Pregnancy
Warrior Moms use the hashtag #MeditateOnThis to speak out against the stigma surrounding postpartum depression after author Marianne Williamson criticized meds.
Inequality Lingers in Mental Health Treatment for Minorities
A woman stands alone in front of a bridge The mental health care industry in the United States is trying to close an ongoing gap in treatment quality and availability that disproportionately appears to impact minorities.
ICU Patients May Develop PTSD Up to One Year After Discharge …
Approximately one in ten patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) is at risk of having a new case of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to their ICU experience up to one year after hospital discharge, …
Eleven Disability Groups File Brief in New York Assisted Suicide Case
On January 6, Not Dead Yet and ten other national and New York state disability rights organizations have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the New York Appellate Division in support of a lower court ruling dismissing a case …