Newsom, Lurie spoke about the shift to a treatment-focused approach to address homelessness and the mental health crisis in ...

A Common Sense Institute report released last week affirms how soft-on-crime and easy-on-drugs policies make homelessness worse in wealthy, high-government-spending states like Colorado. To control ...

Last Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order urging local authorities to find ways to force homeless individuals with mental illness into hospitals. On its face, some observers might find ...

A recent executive order issued by the White House, titled “Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s Streets,” is causing “growing concern among mental health advocacy groups across the nation.” That ...

KALAMAZOO, MI — The horror of the violent attack could be sensed in a frantic 911 call. “She was stabbed in the neck!” a man’s distraught voice says at 10:10 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2024, as he drove two ...

As a physician, it is clear to me that our mental health is one of the most important components of our overall health.

Gov. Tina Kotek is extending the state of emergency on unsheltered homelessness she announced on her first day in office for ...

A makeshift kitchen sits covered in snow and ice after temperatures plummeted in the Cedar Rapids area at a homeless encampment in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The ...

Governor Kotek extended an executive order for homelessness emergency, which will focus on mental health and addiction.

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time dedicated to breaking the silence and stigma surrounding mental health issues. It’s an opportunity to foster understanding, provide support and inspire ...