Mental Health: It’s Time To Talk – Students at Leeds University spoke with Leeds University Union’s Welfare Officer Harriet Rankin, sharing their experiences of coping with mental health diffi…

 

Report reveals 87% of young people in NSW prisons have mental health issues

Filed under: mental health

People with a mental health disorder or cognitive impairment in New South Wales are six to nine times more likely to be in prison than those without a disability, but early intervention could save millions of dollars and prevent people from spending a …
Read more on The Guardian

 

Christie signs NJ gun law bolstering mental health checks

Filed under: mental health

One—A3717—will make it harder for people with histories of mental illness to purchase firearms. The new law aligns New Jersey with a federal law that has been on the books since 2008. It makes it mandatory for mental health records to be submitted to …
Read more on Newsworks.org

 

NC mental health counselor sentenced for fraud

Filed under: mental health

A mental health counselor who admitted to a scheme that defrauded Medicaid of at least $ 6.1 million has been sentenced to six years in prison. U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins announced Thursday that 72-year-old Linda Smoot Radeker of Shelby was also …
Read more on WSOC Charlotte

 

To Get a Leg Up, Start Teaching Mental Health in Junior High

Filed under: mental health

But a majority of the population is affected by mental illness. Twenty-five percent of individuals exhibit symptoms of various mental health disorders at some point in their lives, diagnosed or not (according to statistics from the National Institute …
Read more on PsychCentral.com (blog)