Posted on August 21, 2018
CNN
Discusses how a daughter is determined to take her family's anguish and use it for good by advocating on behalf of other farmers who may be in crisis before it’s too late for them.
READ MOREPosted on August 19, 2018
Sacramento Bee
Discusses the uses of deadly force by police officers in cases involving individuals with mental illness and alternative non-lethal ways of handling the situation.
READ MOREPosted on August 15, 2018
Healthline
Discusses how traveling can create additional risks for people with a serious mental illness and provides tips that may help.
READ MOREPosted on August 3, 2018
CNBC
Discusses the rise in benzodiazepines prescriptions that overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines have quadrupled between 2002 and 2015, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
READ MOREPosted on August 3, 2018
Morning Consult
Opinoin piece on the issue of parity that points out the discrepancy between physical and behavioral health claims, and underscores the unfair and illegal nature of the insurance industry’s actions.
READ MOREPosted on August 3, 2018
Washington Post
Opinion piece by Kate Farinholt, Executive Director, NAMI Maryland; Jean Harris, Executive Director, NAMI DC and Rhonda Thissen, Executive Director, NAMI Virginia discusses the importance of enforcing mental health parity which requires that health-insurance plans provide the same coverage for treatment of mental illness and addiction as for physical ailments.
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text “helpline” to 62640, or chat online. In a crisis, call or text 988 (24/7).
