A new report from the National Sheriffs' Association and the Treatment Advocacy Center has found that people who have such mental health conditions as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are three times more likely to be sent to jail than they are to be hospitalized and receive treatment. The researchers say a shortage of beds in psychiatric facilities--only about one for every 3,000 Americans--has caused law enforcement to treat even minor infractions linked to mental illnesses as criminal...
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This week is Mental Illness Awareness Week. Okay, let’s get aware. Following is a random traverse through history: 790,000 BC, give or... Read more »
Many of us who live with and/or suffer from depression have sought the services of a mental health professional or therapist to ease the... Read more »
The 2007 celebration gala for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) was held last night in Washington, DC. "Unmasking Mental Illness"... Read more »
Two companies associated with Johnson & Johnson have agreed to pay more than $81 million to settle charges that they illegally marketed the drug... Read more »
A sociology professor at University of Pennsylvania has found that while many Americans believe mental illness has genetic causes, they are no more... Read more »
Obesity has reached the point of being called a public crisis, and new research suggests that obesity is even more prevalent in people who suffer... Read more »