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Health, Science & EnvironmentA Side Effects Public Media investigation found that in 2024, people in Indiana jails waited just over two months on average to get the two court-ordered mental health evaluations done — down from more than seven months in 2018. That’s according to an analysis of the state’s judicial branch data on all requests for competency evaluations during that time period.
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Health, Science & EnvironmentDallas Allen is a Suicide Investigations and Postvention specialist at the Franklin County Coroner’s Office. His work could help prevent suicide deaths across the state.
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A bill now in Ohio's Legislature would prevent people convicted of aggravated murder from being sentenced to the death penalty, if they are found to have…
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Minority groups such as African Americans and Latinos are often overlooked by the mental health community. Lack of availability, cultural stigma of mental…
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Minority groups such as African Americans and Latinos are often overlooked by the mental health community. Lack of availability, cultural stigma of mental…
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Franklin County officials say too many mentally ill inmates stay in jail too long, so they're looking into ways to reduce jail stays.The Council of State…
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In the US, ten times as many mentally ill people are housed in a prison or jail as in a hospital. But a new grant will invest in training for Ohio cops to…
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Two million veterans have returned home from Iraq and Afghanistan, and 1 in 5 have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a mental illness that can turn their…
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Are medications the only way to treat mental illness in America? How do counseling and therapy fit into treatment programs? What actually works when…
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The stories about people who are mentally ill and struggling to cope, often with their families at their sides, are common. Last week, we heard that the…