Tag: mental health
Alaska Prisons Are Holding Mentally-Ill People With No Criminal Charges
Over the last year, dozens of Alaskans experiencing mental health crises found themselves in ...
LA Top Prosecutor’s “Concern” for Mental Illness Doesn’t Pass Scrutiny
Jackie Lacey, the Los Angeles district attorney, proclaims that she is taking serious steps ...
Sheriff’s Painstaking Bid to Spin San Diego County Jail’s High Suicide Rate
You could say that the San Diego County Jail is a place where people ...
We Know the Answers to Our Suicide Crisis, But Prefer to Deny Them
Supporting people in living is the best solution to self-inflicted death. Isn’t that simple? ...
Man Who Died of OD Was Allegedly “Kicked Out of Treatment for Smoking”
I can’t lose everything,” Paul Reithlinghshoefer told his mother when he relapsed back to ...
The Optimism Gap: Class-Tailored Addiction Messaging Fuels Inequality
When people speak of inequality in America, they miss one of its powerful drivers: ...
NYC Jailers Hinder Patients’ Access to Mental Health Services
People incarcerated in New York City jails are consistently obstructed from accessing mental health ...
How Can Harm Reduction Do Better for Transgender People?
In 2015 Tori Cooper decided to leave a successful nonprofit career to blaze a ...
Childhood Development Issues and Adult Addiction Fit the Same Pattern
Behavioral-developmental challenges in childhood and addiction problems in adulthood are two sides of the ...
Women Who Use Drugs: Challenges Demand Self-Led Harm Reduction
Bree Cassell first injected heroin when she was 15 years old. Despite wanting to ...
