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Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

Supporters say the measure is a step forward in curbing the number of people jailed during civil commitment. But some local officials say the impact will be limited unless the state makes other changes, including adding psychiatric beds.

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Veterans Without Assistance

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas

Citing ProPublica’s reporting on the barriers faced by veterans in crisis, Sen. Jon Tester asked VA Secretary Denis McDonough to increase the number of providers and ensure they are “in locations where veterans need them most.”

After Decades of Imprisoning Patients, Idaho Approves Secure Mental Health Facility

The Idaho Legislature has approved funding for a 26-bed facility after ProPublica found that state lawmakers and officials ignored repeated warnings about the practice of locking up mentally ill patients who hadn’t been convicted of a crime.

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39 stories published since 2008

What Mental Health Care Protections Exist in Your State?

Why It’s So Hard to Find a Therapist Who Takes Insurance

When Therapists Lose Their Licenses, Some Turn to the Unregulated Life Coaching Industry Instead

This Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await Mental Health Treatment

Mississippi Lawmakers Move to Limit the Jail Detentions of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment

Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas

After Decades of Imprisoning Patients, Idaho Approves Secure Mental Health Facility

Lawmakers Could Limit When County Officials in Mississippi Can Jail People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment

In Crisis, She Went to an Illinois Facility. Two Years Later, She Still Isn’t Able to Leave.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Vows to Increase Staffing at Clinic Tied to Two Deadly Shootings

5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Mississippi Counties Jail People for Mental Illness

How the VA Fails Veterans on Mental Health

Three Days of Tragedy: How a VA Clinic’s Inability to Help Veterans in Crisis Destroyed Two Families

Idaho Keeps Some Psychiatric Patients in Prison, Ignoring Decades of Warnings About the Practice

Mississippi Jailed More Than 800 People Awaiting Psychiatric Treatment in a Year. Just One Jail Meets State Standards.

Legislators Demand Hearings on Illinois Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused Patients and Covered It Up

New Report Says Nurses at Illinois Facility Forced Patients to Dig Through Their Own Feces

Patients Went to This Isolated Facility for Treatment. Instead, Nearly Two Dozen Were Charged With Crimes.

Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds

Report Finds “Code of Silence” at Mental Health Facility Where Staff Abused and Neglected Patients

Chilling Audio Provides Rare Glimpse Into Abuse at Troubled Illinois Residential Facility

Critical Omissions Plague Texas Gun Background Check Law

“We’re at a Crisis Point”: NY Attorney General Hearing Spotlights Child Mental Health Care Failures

New York State Failed to Provide Legally Required Mental Health Care to Kids, Lawsuit Claims

Cuomo Set Out to “Transform” Mental Health Care for Kids. Now They Can’t Get Treatment.

In Men, It’s Parkinson’s. In Women, It’s Hysteria.

University of Illinois at Chicago Missed Warning Signs of Research Going Awry, Letters Show

Illinois Regulators Are Investigating a Psychiatrist Whose Research With Children Was Marred by Misconduct

He Said He Faked Mental Illness to Avoid Prison. Now, Accused in 2 Killings, He’s Sent Back to a State Hospital.

Steve Cohen Is Spending Millions to Help Veterans. Why Are People Angry?

Documents Raise New Concerns About Lithium Study on Children

The $3 Million Research Breakdown

Oregon Doctors Warned That a Killer and Rapist Would Likely Attack Again. Then the State Released Him.

Lost Mothers

In a Lonely Corner of Coney Island, a Fight Over Care for the Vulnerable

Federal Judge Sees New York State Conspiracy to Thwart Care for Mentally Ill

New Jersey Psychology Practice Revealed Patients’ Mental Disorders in Debt Lawsuits

Why Hospitals Are Failing Civilians Who Get PTSD

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