Posts filed under: psychiatric disability

June 14
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
State inspectors' reports find shoddy conditions at Mental Health Complex
Milwaukee County comes under fire by state inspectors for shoddy conditions at the Mental Health Complex, including a series of fire and other patient safety violations, in three reports released Monday.
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Filed Under: healthcare, long-term care, psychiatric disability, public policy, restraints

June 4
San Diego Union-Tribune
Sheriff’s program is bridge to mentally disabled
If yelling and banging inside Cherri Cary’s house were to prompt a 911 call, officers most likely would prepare to encounter a violent person.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, disability awareness, intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, public policy, public safety

May 29
Houston Chronicle
State says it can staff mental facilities
State officials expressed confidence Thursday they will be able to address “extremely serious staffing concerns” and a 60 percent turnover rate among workers who provide direct care to Texans with mental disabilities in the Lubbock State Supported Living Center.
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Filed Under: developmental disability, healthcare, housing, intellectual disability, long-term care, psychiatric disability, public policy

May 16
Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram
University of North Texas' new program helps mentally ill adults find jobs
Mental illness has been called the hidden disability, but Elizabeth El Aiady sees its effects every day.
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Filed Under: employment, psychiatric disability

March 26
The Orange County (Calif.) Register
Reforms on way for immigration detainees
A mentally retarded Costa Mesa man has been held by immigration officials for nearly five years without a chance to challenge his detention, the American Civil Liberties Union said Friday.
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Filed Under: criminal justice, intellectual disability, psychiatric disability

March 15
Chicago Tribune
New hope for Illinois’ mentally ill nursing-home residents
Thousands of psychiatric patients are likely to move out of nursing homes and into community-based settings in the next five years under a landmark legal agreement designed to reshape Illinois' troubled long-term care system.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, healthcare, long-term care, psychiatric disability, public policy

March 2
The Washington Post
Parity law requires mental health benefits comparable to physical care benefits
Denise Camp was resigned to the double standard that had long applied to her medical bills, forcing her to skimp on other expenses so she could pay for mental health treatment.
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Filed Under: healthcare, psychiatric disability, public policy

Feb. 9
The Associated Press
Changes proposed in how psychiatrists diagnose
Don't say "mental retardation" — the new term is "intellectual disability." No more diagnoses of Asperger's syndrome — call it a mild version of autism instead. And while "behavioral addictions" will be new to doctors' dictionaries, "Internet addiction" didn't make the cut.
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Filed Under: autism spectrum, healthcare, intellectual disability, learning disability, psychiatric disability, public policy

Jan. 19
National Public Radio
Advocate For People With Mental Illnesses Dies
Judi Chamberlin, who died this weekend at age 65, was a civil rights hero from a civil rights movement you may have never heard of. She took her inspiration from the heroes of other civil rights movements to start something she liked to call Mad Pride — a movement for the rights and dignity of people with mental illness
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Olmsted decision, profile, psychiatric disability, public policy

Dec. 30, 2009
National Public Radio
WWII Pacifists Exposed Mental Ward Horrors
In September of 1942, Warren Sawyer, a 23-year-old conscientious objector, reported for his volunteer assignment as an attendant at a state mental hospital. The young Quaker was one of thousands of pacifists who had refused to fight and instead were assigned to work in places few outsiders got to see — places like Philadelphia State Hospital, best known as Byberry.
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Filed Under: healthcare, housing, intellectual disability, long-term care, psychiatric disability

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