13-Year Detention
A federal judge has given a man who was civilly confined in a state hospital for 13 years another chance at claims his public defenders mishandled his case so badly it amounts to deliberate indifference.
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Shooting Survivors Talk Mental Health With Hickenlooper
Seventeen-year-old Claire Davis spent eight days in the hospital after she was shot by a classmate at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo. in 2013, and she died four days before Christmas that year.
Read moreWeakness for Scams May Be Warning Sign of Dementia
Does an older friend or relative have a hard time hanging up on telemarketers? Or get excited about a “You’ve won a prize” voicemail? New research suggests seniors who aren’t on guard against scams also might be at risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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Anthem Blue Cross owes $59 million for treatments for substance abuse and mental health, ABC Services Group claims in a federal complaint, as assignee for creditors of Morningside Recovery.
Read moreYears of Commitment Not Needed for Mental Plea
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a trial court is not required to inform a defendant pleading not guilty by reason of mental illness of the maximum possible term of civil commitment they could face.
Read moreState Bar to Insanity Defense Faces Supreme Court Review
A man who was barred from pleading insanity after killing his two daughters, his wife and her grandmother persuaded the Supreme Court on Monday to hear his Eighth Amendment challenge.
Read moreKids With Green Space Become Mentally Healthy Adults
Greener cities translates to citizens with better mental health, according to a study published Monday in American Journal PNAS.
Read moreTeens Point to Anxiety and Depression as Major Issues
A Pew research poll released Wednesday confirms what decades of angsty song lyrics have been telling us: Most teenagers worry about depression and anxiety, feeling the pressure to look good and perform well in school.
Read moreA Year After Parkland, Red-Flag Gun Laws See Broad Support
Reminding lawmakers that tell-tale signs of acute mental illness had gone unchecked when America suffered the deadliest school shooting in its history a year ago today, Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced bills Thursday to keep guns out of the hands of at-risk individuals.
Read moreLA County Strikes Down Plans for Women’s and Mental Health Jail
Los Angeles County Supervisors voted Tuesday to cancel plans to build a controversial mental health jail downtown and also abandoned plans to move a women’s jail from South LA to a larger site in the high desert city of Lancaster.
Read moreDr. Phil Guest Claims He Exploited Her Mental Illness for Profit
A mentally ill woman filed a lawsuit against Dr. Phil and CBS in Los Angeles, claiming that the talk show host publicly humiliated her on his show and caused her to suffer a breakdown because of it.
Read moreWisconsin Supreme Court Takes Up Plea Deal Dispute
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday over whether a defendant’s plea is voluntary when the trial court tells them the wrong maximum possible sentence for pleading not guilty by reason of mental illness.
Read moreNY Accused of Jailing Mentally Ill Inmates Too Long
Two legal rights groups filed a federal class action Wednesday claiming some New York inmates with mental disabilities who served their time are illegally kept behind bars because there are no beds for them at community mental health centers.
Read morePope Says Fear of Immigration Is Making Us Crazy
Pope Francis on Wednesday said that fear of immigration is “making us crazy” as he began a trip to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump’s promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north.
Read moreTrump Admin Opposes Ongoing Mental Care for Reunited Migrant Families
A Justice Department attorney said Monday that the government has no constitutional duty to provide mental health treatment to migrant families who were separated under President Donald Trump’s now-abandoned zero tolerance immigration policy but who were later released.
Read moreTeen Appeals Sentence in Slenderman Stabbing
A Wisconsin teenager convicted of the attempted murder of her classmate at the behest of fictional boogeyman Slenderman has appealed her sentence of 40 years in a mental institution , arguing her mental condition led to unfair proceedings.
Read moreMigrant Kids Seeking Mental Health Care Win Class Certification
Detained asylum-seeking children wanting consensual mental health care won class certification Thursday and can continue their case despite efforts by Trump administration to dismiss the case and delay litigation due to the government shutdown.
Read moreStudy: Dementia Care Programs Save Money, Keep People in Their Homes
A study released Friday found that placing people living with dementia in care programs significantly decreased their likelihood of entering a nursing home.
Read moreIllinois Accused of Keeping Kids in Mental Hospitals Too Long
Illinois forces hundreds of children to remain locked up in psychiatric wards after they’ve been medically cleared for release, according to a federal class action, causing them immense mental harm and costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
Read moreUS Defends Military Sex-Change Ban at DC Circuit
Defending new restrictions on transgender military service, attorneys for the government told the D.C. Circuit on Monday that there is nothing discriminatory about recognizing that gender dysphoria has been linked to depression and other disorders.
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