Truthout
Mental Health
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Guilty of Mental Illness
Parker, a home care worker, feels overwhelmed by years of trying to solve the problem of how to keep her mentally ill son from cycling in and out of …
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Nation’s Largest Mental Health Worker Strike Takes Aim at Woeful Care by Kaiser Permanente
Mental health clinicians are set to strike across California Monday citing client overloads and hardships linked to suicides at Kaiser Permanente.
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Addiction, Mental Health, Safe Spaces and Stigmatization
"I have tried to speak to these issues in community, but very few of us speak to them loudly enough."
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Under Fire for Negligence, North Carolina Prisons Chief Seeks New Funding for Mental Health Treatment
The North Carolina prison system has for many years faced criticism for its track record of the mistreatment of people with mental health disorders.
Amid Justice Department Investigations, Protesters Call Out Cleveland Police Murders
As national protests continue, activists and concerned residents in Cleveland are calling for police accountability.
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A Difficult Season
Love the important people in your life not in spite of their flaws but because of them.
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We Need “Peace” Officers! It’s Time for Crisis Intervention Training
Police officers need to be properly trained and prompt and thorough investigations and corrective action must be taken against officers who unnecessarily use force against individuals, especially those who …
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Greed as a Mental Health Disorder
As a psychiatric diagnosis, it could be called the Great Gatsby Syndrome or, better yet, Wealth Accumulation Disorder.
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Pesticide Use by Farmers Linked to High Rates of Depression, Suicides
Some research suggests that the chemicals that farmers and their workers spread on fields may alter certain brain chemicals.
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For Families and Communities, Deportation Means Trauma
The psychological trauma of deportation is rarely examined in mainstream media coverage.