Stories Tagged as
Mental illness
Career prospects suffer after bouts of mental illness, research shows
by
Matt Levin
Apr 12, 2023
For younger workers, an episode of depression is linked to 24% lower earnings more than a decade later.
The high economic toll of mental illness
Oct 10, 2018
Costs are often indirect, such as not being able to work.
How mental illness has become a ticket to jail
Apr 3, 2018
Author Alisa Roth looks at the problems in our country's criminal justice system.
Gun background checks and mental health records
by
Miles Bryan
Feb 15, 2016
New rules on patient privacy and mental health records for gun background check.
Training is in short supply for police forces
Jun 12, 2015
Professional development is lacking, experts say, but costs can be prohibitory.
Offering treatment, not punishment, to veterans
by
Alisa Roth
Jun 3, 2015
Ex-soldiers with mental illness and addictions find help in alternative courts.
Keeping mental health patients stable and out of jail
by
Alisa Roth
Jun 2, 2015
Support teams are doing so by helping with substance abuse.
For public good, not for profit.
Mental health coverage rules could change business of therapy
Nov 8, 2013
New federal rules requiring most health insurers to cover mental health and addiction could mean a flood of money to clinics and rehab centers.