A federal judge threw a teacher accused of sexually abusing a mentally ill student behind bars after finding she violated strict bail conditions and poses “a real danger to the community.”
A lack of mental health care practitioners, stigma, and self-medicating with prescription and non-prescription substances, are all part of the struggle people in southeast Iowa with mental health issues.
Article: Homelessness Is Often Less About the Cost of Housing Than It Is About Under-Treated Mental Illness. - This article addresses the growing homelessness problem by reminding readers that the majority of homeless people are not on the street because of increasing rents but because they have mental health problems.
ST. LOUIS –The man charged with the fatal shooting of St. Louis Officer Tamarris Bohannon and wounding another officer might receive his verdict today. Closing arguments were presented yesterday in the murder trial of Thomas Kinworthy. Kinworthy’s defense argues that he is mentally ill and was not aware of his actions when he shot the […]