Category Archives: Mental Health

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. The main focus lately regarding driver health is on mental health, according to Healthy Trucker nutritionist and program manager, Andrea Morley. Continue reading →

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Hundreds of people with a learning disability and/or autism (LDA) are being held in mental health units even though they have been identified as no longer needing inpatient care. According to analysis by Sky News of published NHS data, 635 of the 2,250 with an LDA currently detained in one of these units could be moved to community-based care Continue reading →

Kay Warren, co-founder of Saddleback Church, spoke to Houston Baptist Universitystudents during a 2019 Founders Day address about her sons struggles with anxiety and depression, her grief after he took his life and how communities can be more supportive of people with mental health challenges. Continue reading →

MELBOURNE Batsman Nic Maddinson has withdrawn from Australia A's match against Pakistan on mental health grounds, Cricket Australia said on Saturday. Maddinson, who played three tests for Australia in 2016, has previously struggled with mental health issues and took a break from the game in 2017 after being dropped from the test squad. Continue reading →

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Fort Waynes NBC)- Witnesses say they are worried about the man who they say was walking on the side of the road wearing a hospital gown Continue reading →

Before the Brooklyn Mental Health Court was created in 2002, people accused of crimes who lived with mental health issues had two options pleading guilty by reason of insanity or going to trial where, much more often than not, they would receive a prison term. The Mental Health Court represented a third way, said Justice Matthew DEmic, who has presided over the court since its inception. An individual could come to the court, agree to go into treatment and avoid jail as a recognition that mental illness played some part in the criminal behavior. Continue reading →

South Carolina must improve how it cares for mentally ill prisoners, and its happening broadly under a court order that arose from a decade of class-action litigation. But according to a psychiatrist who works at the Camille Graham womens prison in Columbia, conditions worsened between 2014 when she regularly made rounds there and earlier this year when she returned as a contract doctor Continue reading →

A recent ABC News story highlighted the alarming statistic that suicide is the second leading cause of death among college aged students. Universities and colleges across America have been reporting a rising rate in suicidal thoughts, tendencies and completed suicides Continue reading →

Two decades ago, when Jenny Britton, LICSW, director of child and family services for Washburn Center for Children, was getting started in her career as a mental health professional, she often felt she had to work undercover. The teens she saw for common mental health concerns like depression and anxiety usually wanted to keep their relationship with her on the down-low. There was so much secrecy and shame, Britton said. Continue reading →