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Mental Health

Autism And Mental Health Issues Make Finding Care A Challenge

Yvonne Martin keeps detailed notes of two years in her life. It starts on March 1, 2016. That’s the day her son, Daniel, first ran away from the family’s…
Research

Police At Greater Risk In States With High Gun Ownership

Jake Harper

States with higher rates of gun ownership are more dangerous to police officers, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public…
Addiction and Drug Use

Local Justice Systems Explore New Ways To Help, Not Punish Mentally Ill Offenders

Criminal justice systems are bearing the brunt of increasing cuts to a psychiatric system that has been slashed since the 1960s. That’s the contention of…
Trends & Times

Stat: Dangerous Encounters

Police officers' risk of death soars when they do this.
As Run-Ins Rise, Police Train To Deal With Those Who Have Mental Illnesses

Durrie Bouscaren

As the availability of mental health services has declined, many police departments have trained Crisis Intervention Teams to respond to people with mental illness.

Sick Season 2

Incarcerated people are some of the sickest people in our country. Many have chronic conditions such as diabetes or lung disease. And they’re far more likely to suffer from mental illness and addiction. On Season 2 of Sick, listen to stories of what goes wrong in corrections facilities — places meant to keep people healthy, but built to punish them.

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