The rule changes would eliminate the requirement that all Head Start programs use mental health consultants, prohibit expulsions, and other rules designed to promote a safe, nurturing environment.
People in the reentry program can receive housing, job training and substance use treatment.
Dr. Stevan Weine talks about his recent book on how poet Allen Ginsberg's writings helped change psychiatry for the better.
Librarian Brooky Parks was vindicated for standing up for what she believed in: The right to read.
Trauma, abuse, and mental health problems can make people more vulnerable to violent extremism. Here’s how a movement founded in part by former white supremacists is helping extricate Americans from violent hate groups.
Marin County's Peer Solutions program works to keep young people out of the criminal justice system, encouraging responsibility and transformation.
The Supreme Court's ruling on abortion greenlights the criminalization of pregnancy.
Since 1974, Swords to Plowshares has helped veterans with PTSD or other problems find jobs, benefits and a place to live.
Physical forms of punishment – designed to cause pain – are disproportionately inflicted on Black children in areas with histories of lynching.
Some librarians used to make jokes about Fahrenheit 451 as they pushed back on threats of censorship. But now it hits too close to home.
New federal legislation would boost funding for the new 988 emergency line that is slated to go into effect in July. “If we had a 988 line to call on June 2, 2019, it might have saved Mile’s life,” said Taun Hall, the mother of Miles Hall, who was killed by police during a mental health crisis.
Child advocates told members of a Congressional subcommittee that federal legislation is needed to protect students from “brutal” forms of harsh or physical punishment including paddling, seclusion and restraint.
A new course teaches med students how climate change affects the psyche. And Black students get L.A. school board to reduce school cops and fund mental health support.
A California courtroom took testimony from 39 inmates about jail mental health. A US Air Force general posts on Twitter about his need for mental health support. Listening sessions on reparations for African Americans harmed by past and continuing injustices will start in California.
Now on tap: reviews of The Distance Cure, Morningside Heights, Nobody’s Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness and an interview with the author of The Empire of Depression.
Elmo helps kids get ready to be vaccinated. New research finds links between chemo brain and COVID brain fog. California schools chief rolls out a film to shore up mental health for students and school staff.
A school district in Illinois has rolled out an array of support for “the big elephant in the room” – student mental health. San Jose passed the first ordinance in the nation requiring gun owners to buy insurance, which will help fund mental health services.
A new book explores how urban design can boost mental health. A guaranteed-income program helps families in Sacramento. Plus, how residents of a small town in Kentucky are weathering the traumatic scars of a tornado that leveled much of their town.
A giant Brazilian retailer is helping employees experiencing domestic violence escape from their abusers. A debate between two journalists over the role of a potent form of methamphetamine in fueling psychosis and homelessness.
A new guaranteed-income program helps struggling families in New York City. Washington DC youth getting immediate emotional support through texting. And therapy chickens!
California's supportive housing efforts face headwinds. Fifteen states take aim at hormone therapy for transgender kids.
A MindSite News essayist speaks out for kids. Getting by in England with a little help from friends. And a former cheerleader tries to prevent suicides.
