'Break down stigma': MCC, CHI partner to tackle mental health in criminal justice system
More than half of those incarcerated suffer from mental health illness. That's the driving force for Metro Community ...
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Criminal justice liaison a key change in community mental health services
Melanie Thevenow came to Centerstone in Nashville, but not as the substance use recovery coach she is today. She’s candid ...
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Supreme Court Justice works to expand options for defendants with mental illness
House Bill 8, which passed the House over the weekend, includes legislation which would expand the circumstances in which ...
Lawmakers expected to endorse settlement between state, mental health clients
A legislative resolution that lays out a settlement between the mental health department and a group that sued the state is ...
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'Mental illness is not an excuse to hurt anyone.' Mother of slain Mott Haven teenager calls for new state law
Jennifer Baez called on city and state leaders Tuesday to create a law that anyone accused of killing a minor cannot claim mental illness as a first line of defense.
The court system is shot through with addiction, so let’s start dealing with it
National, state and local data show that our crime and child safety problems are driven largely by addiction and mental ...
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A look at the Black mental health crisis
Studies show that only 25 percent of African Americans seek mental health treatment compared to 40 percent of white Americans ...
16th Street Mall stabbing suspect’s path marked by mental illness, homelessness, drug use
The path he walked from panhandling in the South to being charged with killing two people along the heart of Denver’s ...
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This Kansas City ‘wellness court’ takes a new approach to mental health, substance use
The new specialty court is designed to merge the city’s separate mental health and drug courts, considering offenses ...