A policy brief of the United Nations warned last year that “the long-term impact of the crisis on people’s mental health and in turn the mental health impact on society should not be ...

J. Jaffe, the executive director of Mental Illness Policy.Org, writes. “But there are 365,000 incarcerated. There are also 770,000 on probation or parole and 165,000 homeless.” #share#With the ...

During my brief time at York Correctional Institution ... our justice system is based entirely on the criminalization of mental illness and poverty. As a nurse, I was not empowered to take ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — A small crowd gathered Sunday to remember Daniel Prude five years after his deadly encounter with Rochester police, discussing reforms to mental health response.