Posts filed under: psychiatric disability
Sept. 13, 2011
The New York Times
In Deal, Hundreds of Mentally Ill People Will Leave Confinement of Nursing Home
Hundreds of mentally ill people who have been confined to nursing homes, sometimes in prisonlike conditions, would move to apartments or other housing within three years under a legal settlement with New York State.
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The New York Times
In Deal, Hundreds of Mentally Ill People Will Leave Confinement of Nursing Home
Hundreds of mentally ill people who have been confined to nursing homes, sometimes in prisonlike conditions, would move to apartments or other housing within three years under a legal settlement with New York State.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), healthcare, housing, Olmsted decision, psychiatric disability, public policy
June 2, 2011
The Washington Post
Does cutting mental health care increase the prison population?
State-supported mental health care, like many social services, has been especially vulnerable in the recent rounds of budget cuts. Over the past two years, some $1.6 billion has been slashed from non-Medicaid state spending on mental health, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. But a growing number of law enforcement officials — along with mental health advocates — are voicing concerns that such cutbacks not only hurt mental health beneficiaries but also overburden the country’s prison system.
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The Washington Post
Does cutting mental health care increase the prison population?
State-supported mental health care, like many social services, has been especially vulnerable in the recent rounds of budget cuts. Over the past two years, some $1.6 billion has been slashed from non-Medicaid state spending on mental health, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. But a growing number of law enforcement officials — along with mental health advocates — are voicing concerns that such cutbacks not only hurt mental health beneficiaries but also overburden the country’s prison system.
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Filed Under: criminal justice, healthcare, psychiatric disability, public policy
June 1, 2011
Los Angeles Times
Mental health programs suffering from budget cuts
Reporting from Reno— The woman slouched on the steps of the rundown motel, her hair mussed, her pinkish outfit rumpled, her expression perplexed. Health officials were combing the brick-facade building where she lived for bed bugs as part of a multi-agency raid, while police banged on door after door, hunting for ex-felons.
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Los Angeles Times
Mental health programs suffering from budget cuts
Reporting from Reno— The woman slouched on the steps of the rundown motel, her hair mussed, her pinkish outfit rumpled, her expression perplexed. Health officials were combing the brick-facade building where she lived for bed bugs as part of a multi-agency raid, while police banged on door after door, hunting for ex-felons.
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Filed Under: healthcare, psychiatric disability, public policy
June 1, 2011
Newport News (Va.) Daily Press
200 high-risk patients locked out of mental health treatment
Between April 2010 and March 2011, about 200 people across the state who were so mentally ill they posed a threat of serious harm to themselves or others were turned out on the street because no private psychiatric facility was willing to admit them, according to a new report.
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Newport News (Va.) Daily Press
200 high-risk patients locked out of mental health treatment
Between April 2010 and March 2011, about 200 people across the state who were so mentally ill they posed a threat of serious harm to themselves or others were turned out on the street because no private psychiatric facility was willing to admit them, according to a new report.
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Filed Under: psychiatric disability
May 24, 2011
Psych Central
Disaster Plans Should Include Those with Mental Illness
When disaster strikes — whether a deadly supercell tornado, a flood, or man-made catastrophe — it is not just those with physical injuries and trauma-related disorders who suffer.
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Psych Central
Disaster Plans Should Include Those with Mental Illness
When disaster strikes — whether a deadly supercell tornado, a flood, or man-made catastrophe — it is not just those with physical injuries and trauma-related disorders who suffer.
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Filed Under: disaster planning, psychiatric disability, public policy, public safety
May 11, 2011
ProPublica
More Than Half of Recent War Vets Treated by VA Are Struggling With Mental Health Problems
More than half of all Iraq and Afghanistan veterans treated in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals since 2002 have been diagnosed, at least preliminarily, with mental health problems, according to statistics obtained by the advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense.
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ProPublica
More Than Half of Recent War Vets Treated by VA Are Struggling With Mental Health Problems
More than half of all Iraq and Afghanistan veterans treated in Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals since 2002 have been diagnosed, at least preliminarily, with mental health problems, according to statistics obtained by the advocacy group Veterans for Common Sense.
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Filed Under: hidden disability, military, psychiatric disability, public policy, veteran
Oct. 19, 2010
Georgia Public Broadcasting
Feds Settle with Ga. Over Mentally Ill Residents
The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Georgia over a long-running case involving what critics say is the unlawful segregation of residents with mental illness and developmental disabilities in state psychiatric hospitals.
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Georgia Public Broadcasting
Feds Settle with Ga. Over Mentally Ill Residents
The Justice Department has reached an agreement with Georgia over a long-running case involving what critics say is the unlawful segregation of residents with mental illness and developmental disabilities in state psychiatric hospitals.
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Filed Under: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), developmental disability, healthcare, Olmsted decision, psychiatric disability, public policy
Aug. 3, 2010
The New York Times
New Jersey Is Sued Over the Forced Medication of Patients at Psychiatric Hospitals
Patient advocates filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday charging that New Jersey psychiatric hospitals routinely medicate patients against their will without a review by an outside arbiter, a practice that is banned in most other states.
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The New York Times
New Jersey Is Sued Over the Forced Medication of Patients at Psychiatric Hospitals
Patient advocates filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday charging that New Jersey psychiatric hospitals routinely medicate patients against their will without a review by an outside arbiter, a practice that is banned in most other states.
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Filed Under: healthcare, long-term care, psychiatric disability, public policy
Aug. 2, 2010
The Orange County (Calif.) Register
ACLU sues feds over detention of disabled immigrants
Civil rights groups – including the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California – filed a class action lawsuit Monday against federal officials, demanding they create a system for determining the mental competency of those in immigration detention who represent themselves.
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The Orange County (Calif.) Register
ACLU sues feds over detention of disabled immigrants
Civil rights groups – including the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California – filed a class action lawsuit Monday against federal officials, demanding they create a system for determining the mental competency of those in immigration detention who represent themselves.
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Filed Under: intellectual disability, psychiatric disability, public policy
June 14, 2010
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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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
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