Latest Mental health News
Judge orders New Mexico compound suspect hospitalized
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a woman charged with firearms and terrorism-related counts to be hospitalized for mental health treatment more than a year after authorities arrested her and four other adult residents of a squalid New Mexico compound. In his order, Chief U.S. District...
Man who threatened Trump family, media figures gets 5 years
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle-area man with a history of severe mental illness has been sentenced to five years in prison for making threats against President Donald Trump's family, synagogues and media figures. Chase Bliss Colasurdo was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in May. He was arrested after...
Lawsuit challenges state's use of solitary confinement
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A prisoner who suffers from several mental health disorders and has been held in solitary confinement for more than 12 years is one of four who filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of North Carolina on Wednesday, saying the treatment violates the state constitution's ban on...
Florida commission says mental health system needs overhaul
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's mental health system is underfunded and needs to be overhauled, with better coordination between providers, law enforcement and educators, the commission investigating last year's high school massacre recommended to the legislature Wednesday. The Marjory Stoneman...
Defense: Teen to plead guilty but mentally ill in slayings
GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A defense attorney says a western Pennsylvania teenager will plead guilty but mentally ill in the slayings of his mother and younger brother three years ago. The Tribune Review reports that public defender Wayne McGrew told a judge Tuesday that 17-year-old Jacob Remaley will enter...
Knife suspect detained under UK's Mental Health Act
LONDON (AP) — Police said Saturday that a man who allegedly lunged at shoppers with a knife at a northwestern England mall has been detained under the Mental Health Act. Five people were hurt during the attack Friday at the Arndale Centre in Manchester. Thee of the injured needed hospital treatment but...
Post-war Liberians are demanding better mental health care
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — More than a decade after back-to-back civil wars ravaged Liberia its people still await justice for countless abuses, and many say the lack of accountability is worsening a mental health crisis. The frustration soared when President George Weah recently indicated there was no need...
Everson Griffen's return to form energizes Vikings defense
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Everson Griffen burst from his three-point stance and appeared ready to try and beat New York Giants left tackle Nate Solder with speed to the outside. Solder shuffled to get in position before Griffen used the tackle's momentum against him to get him off-balance. In one move, Griffen...
A year after Michael, Florida community still in crisis
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A year after Hurricane Michael , the Florida county hardest hit by the Category 5 storm is still in crisis: Thousands in Bay County are homeless, medical care and housing are at a premium, domestic violence has become a problem and severely diminished mental health services are...
Mom: Arrested 13-year-old girl 'no angel' but was mistreated
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of a 13-year-old black girl whose videotaped arrest in Minnesota has provoked an outcry on social media says her daughter is "no angel" but was treated unfairly by police. Davida Conover told The Associated Press on Saturday that her daughter has a mental illness. The mother...
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