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We Must Address New York City’s Mental Health Crisis
In September 1958, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed with a seven-inch steel letter opener. He had been autographing copies of his first book in Blumstein’s department store in Harlem. The woman who stabbed him was named Izola Ware ...
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Violence and Disorder in New York’s Mental Health Shelters
Carlton McPherson, who was charged in the fatal shoving of a stranger in the subway, had stayed at shelters designed to help those with mental illness.
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Accused Subway Shover Found Little Help in New York’s Chaotic Shelters
Carlton McPherson had been placed by New York City in a specialized homeless shelter for people with serious mental illness. It was not enough.
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California’s Ballot Measure on Mental Health Care Still Isn’t Decided. Why?
Proposition 1 was expected to be widely approved, but the vote is close. Here’s what the measure is and what’s at stake.
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The Trauma Experienced in Gaza Is Beyond PTSD
“We will die. All of us. Hopefully soon enough to stop the suffering that we are living through every single second.” Those words were sent in a text last week by a physician working for Doctors Without Borders in the southern Gaza Strip. And it is ...
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Suspect in Davis Stabbings Can Now Stand Trial, Judge Rules
A California judge who initially found the suspect incompetent to stand trial ruled on Friday that after treatment at a state psychiatric hospital, he now met the legal standard.
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A New Push to Improve Mental Health Care for Homeless New Yorkers
Mark Levine, the Manhattan borough president, is calling for more treatment teams and psychiatric beds to address a mental health crisis.
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Dr. John A. Talbott, Champion of Care for the Mentally Ill, Dies at 88
A psychiatrist and a prolific author, he criticized what he referred to as a “nonsystem” that left vulnerable people on the streets to fend for themselves.
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N.Y.P.D. Shoots Man in Mental Distress After Responding to 911 Call
The man, who the police said was holding scissors and a kitchen knife when an officer shot him in the Bronx, was in critical condition.
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Frank James to Plead Guilty to Terrorism in Brooklyn Subway Attack
The suspect, who unleashed a barrage of gunfire on the subway last April, faces a possible life sentence.
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