Mentally Ill

Husband Allegedly Attacks Wife's Head With Meat Cleaver

Posted 05.23.2012

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A mentally ill Queens man allegedly hacked his wife with a meat cleaver early Wednesday morning, police sources tell ABC. Liu Huizhen, 52, is in c...

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Department of Justice Finds New Program Reduces Violence by Mentally Ill

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Incarceration, Mentally Ill, Criminal Justice, Police, Crime, Kendra's Law, Laura's Law, Department of Justice, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Crime News
DJ Jaffe

Historically, many mental health departments like California and New York elected to require psychotic individuals who don't recognize they are ill to become "danger to self or others" or "gravely disabled" before offering treatment.

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Closing New York State Psychiatric Hospitals Is Dangerous

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Andrew Cuomo, Mental Illness, New York State Office of Mental Health, Deinstitutionalization, Mentally Ill, Psychiatric Hospitals, New York News
DJ Jaffe

The impact of this insane let-em-lose-to-fend-for-themselves policy is cruel to people with mental illness who desperately need and want treatment. But it's also dangerous to the public.

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Mental Health Services Act Needs to Focus on Mental Illness

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Mhsa, Mental Health Services Act, Prop 63, Larry Poaster, Mentally Ill, Laura's Law, Mental Illness, Sacramento, California, Los Angeles News
DJ Jaffe

The chair of the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission wrote an op-ed criticizing people who criticize how Mental Health Services Act funds are spent. He claims the program is working well. But it's not.

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Mentally Ill Man Who Murdered a Law Enforcement Officer May Be Released

DJ Jaffe | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Mentally Ill, Jeffrey Moritz, Eric Clark, Eric Clark Mental Illness, Eric Clark Jeffrey Moritz, Eric Clark Mentally Ill, Mentally Ill Law, Crime News
DJ Jaffe

Eric Clark's case shows the need for change. People who commit crimes because of their insanity need to be kept sane. Mandated enforced treatment can do that.

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Report: Laura's Law Works for Mentally Ill Los Angelenos

DJ Jaffe | Posted 02.15.2012

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DJ Jaffe

A little noted Laura's Law Progress Report quietly filed by the L.A. County Department of Mental Health earlier this year shows Laura's Law has reduced the incarceration and hospitalization of people with severe mental illness.

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Husband Who Killed Mentally Ill Wife With Flashlight Sentenced

AP | By LYNNE TUOHY | Posted 12.03.2011

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BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- A New Hampshire man was sentenced Friday to 15 to 30 years in prison for beating his mentally ill wife to death with a flashlight a...

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Book Review: Anatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Big Pharma, Psychiatry, Anatomy of an Epidemic, Mentally Ill, Pharmaceutical Industry, Schizophrenia, Robert Whitaker, Psychology, Books News
DJ Jaffe

What's amazing about Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic bullets, psychiatric drugs, and the astonishing rise of mental illness in America (2010, Broadway P...

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WATCH: Woman With Paranoid Schizophrenia Helps Low-Income Individuals With Mental Illness

Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Embracing My Mind, Video, Mentally Ill, Education, Homelessness, Low-Income, Schizophrenia, Nonprofits, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Impact News

Ashley Smith was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2007 after stealing a military truck and leading the police on a high speed chase -- a joy r...

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Scott Dekraai, Alleged Seal Beach Salon Shooter, Needed Laura's Law

DJ Jaffe | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Mass Murder, Scott Dekraai, Mentally Ill, Shooting, Prop 63, Laura's Law, Mental Health Services Act, Seal Beach Shooting, California, Los Angeles News
DJ Jaffe

If media reports are true, Scott Dekraai had bipolar disorder, a history of violence, wouldn't stay on treatment, and was a perfect candidate for Laura's Law.

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Carson City Shooting: Mental Illness Compromises National Security

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Nevada, IHOP Shooting, National Guard, Edwardo Sencion, Mentally Ill, Carson City, Crime News
DJ Jaffe

The shooting of eleven individuals and death of three uniformed members of the National Guard at a Carson City IHOP by Edwardo Sencion shows it may be time to look at the national security implications of letting people with serious mental illness go untreated.

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How California Is Eliminating Mental Illness Treatment

DJ Jaffe | Posted 10.25.2011

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DJ Jaffe

My co-author, Mary Ann Bernard, and I documented some of the ways counties in California are intentionally diverting MHSA funding away from helping people with "severe mental illness."

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The NRA: They Apologize for the School Shooting...You Know, That One...

Cliff Schecter | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Gun Show Loophole, Mentally Ill, Terrorists, Columbine, Criminals, Hillary Clinton, Cuba, Denver, Nra, Wayne LaPierre, Politics News
Cliff Schecter

This would be funny if it weren't so pathetic. Listen as the NRA calls someone, tells them Hillary Clinton, Cuba and perhaps Mars is coming to get their guns.

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When The Mental Health System Fails, Police Step In

DJ Jaffe | Posted 10.04.2011

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DJ Jaffe

In California, it is playing out with relentless familiarity: the death of Kelly Thomas at the hands of Fullerton police has led to the usual criticisms of the police and calls for better training and more compassion.

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How California Can Comply With Supreme Court Order to Release 33,000 Prisoners

DJ Jaffe | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Mental Illness, Politics, Brown v. Plata, Incarceration, Prison, California, Mentally Ill, Homelessness, Prison Overcrowding, Los Angeles News
DJ Jaffe

Much of the country is in a dither over the Supreme Court decision (Brown v. Plata) that requires California to release up to 33,000 inmates in order to reduce prison overcrowding.

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The Limits Of Autonomy: Should The Mentally Ill Be Forced Into Treatment?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.31.2011

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Amitai Etzioni

True, mentally ill patients vary in their capacities, which hopefully can be made to grow. But protecting life takes precedent over respecting a will that is not free but distorted by mental and often genetic, chemical or other malfunctions.

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NYS's Most Effective Mental Illness Program May Be DOA

DJ Jaffe | Posted 07.11.2011

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DJ Jaffe

Last week, mentally ill Syracuse resident Benjamin Campione was shot by Syracuse police who felt threatened by a pellet gun Mr. Campione pulled on them.

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There's No Stigma to Having a Mental Illness

DJ Jaffe | Posted 11.17.2011

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DJ Jaffe

Instead of focusing on nonexistent stigma, we should focus on eliminating the public policies that discriminate against the mentally ill and are causing so many to become homeless, incarcerated or the victims of suicide.

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Ryan's Medicaid Proposal "Could" Improve Care for Mentally Ill

DJ Jaffe | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Politics, Mentally Ill, Medicaid, Mental Health, Republicans, Democrats, Paul Ryan, IMD Exclusion, Politics News
DJ Jaffe

Medicaid -- as it is now -- is the largest reason people with serious mental illness can't get care. So giving the states block grants for this care could actually be a very good thing for the mentally ill.

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Mental Health Given Low Budget Priority

The Center for Public Integrity | Amy Biegelsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Amy Biegelsen The Center for Public Integrity It's been two months now since Jared Lee Loughner opened fire outside a Tucson, Ariz. shopping cente...

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Sharon Stone's Mentally Ill Stalker

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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DJ Jaffe

Untreated schizophrenia causes people to believe things that are not true (delusions) and see things that are not there (hallucinations). As a result of these delusions and hallucinations they take action.

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Should You Divorce Someone Who's Suicidal?

Vicki Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Disorders, Suicide, Marriage, Caretaker, Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Mentally Ill, Divorce, Divorce News
Vicki Larson

Recently, a popular Northern California high school teacher left a cryptic message for her students and then disappeared. She was found dead a few day...

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Cuomo Should Merge Health and Mental Health Departments to Save Money, Improve Care

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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DJ Jaffe

Earlier this week, Dr. Lloyd Sederer, the Medical Director of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) made a startling revelation on Huffingt...

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Mental Health Kills the Mentally Ill

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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DJ Jaffe

In 1955 there were 340 public psychiatric beds available per 100,000 U.S. citizens. By 2005, the number plummeted to a staggering 17 beds per 100,000 persons.

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What Harry Reid and John Boehner Should Do in Wake of Giffords Shooting

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, House of Representatives, Congress, Mentally Ill, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, Schizophrenia, Involuntary Commitment, Aot, Obama, Gabrielle Giffords, Involuntary Treatment, Jared Loughner, Senate, Arizona Shooting, Politics News
DJ Jaffe

Federal mental-health dollars go to an astonishing variety of social programs for the worried-well, with little left for the seriously ill. Don't spend more. Spend smarter.

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