Massachusetts weighs letting judges order mental health care
When Ashoke and Vinita Rampuria’s son returned home after taking a year off from college, to complete his course work, he didn’t seem...
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Apr 6, 2023
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20 Years Ago, I Dropped Out of College and Became Homeless
A Personal Perspective: My schizophrenia and its anniversary. Anniversaries are important. They present an opportunity to look back on...
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Feb 23, 2023
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Schizophrenia Caused Eric Smith to Threaten His Mother's Life, but He Refused to Get Help
Like more than half of people with serious mental illness, Smith suffered from anosognosia, a condition where your brain doesn't...
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Feb 15, 2023
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A missing link in Massachusetts mental health law
Assisted outpatient treatment supervises the patient’s treatment and allows people with mental illness to live in their neighborhoods...
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Dec 20, 2022
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Survey Details Outpatient Mental Health Care Crisis
By Michael P. Norton 22 WWLP News BOSTON (SHNS) – Providers of behavioral health care say they are experiencing a worsening workforce...
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Feb 16, 2022
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Death in Darby Canyon reveals schizophrenia’s toll.
Transient man falls through cracks of fractured mental health system. By Kate Ready Jackson Hole News & Guide The last time Rachel...
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Jan 19, 2022
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Mental health patient died in 2018 after discharge to Boston streets
Advocacy group calls her a victim of 'patient dumping' By Shira Schoenberg Three weeks after CaSonya King entered High Point Hospital in...
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Jun 8, 2021
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Lack of mental health beds means long ER waits
By SHIRA SCHOENBERG FOUR YEARS AGO, a Pittsfield woman named Christine told MassLive about her experience waiting with her young son in...
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Apr 15, 2021
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Massachusetts law meant to protect people with mental illness may make them sicker
By Jhilam Biswas As gunfire reverberated in the streets surrounding our building last Friday morning, employees across Brigham and...
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Feb 11, 2021
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Her Sister Killed Her Kids — And She Forgave Her
- Good Housekeeping During a shocking psychotic break, Danielle Lambert's twin walked her children into oncoming traffic. As the doctor...
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Feb 5, 2021
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