mental illness

^{Bruce Chapman
June 27, 2022
Homelessness}

Republicans Could Lead on Mental Health Treatment

_{Bruce Chapman
June 27, 2022
Homelessness}

Tucked away in the gun law President Biden just signed is a provision increasing funding for preventive outpatient treatment for mental illness. This is an important step toward solving America’s mental-health crisis but only part of what’s needed. Read More ›

^{Robert Marbut
May 23, 2022
Homelessness}

Robert Marbut on America’s Homelessness Crisis, Strategies for Uplifting the Homeless, and Effective Government Policies

_{Robert Marbut
May 23, 2022
Homelessness}

Homelessness has reached crisis proportions. Few issues of human dignity are as heart wrenching as the wretched scenes in our most prosperous cities—San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle—where one can drive down main thoroughfares and be confronted with tent encampments lining streets that provide scant shelter for thousands of destitute people. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Cory
March 10, 2022
Homelessness, Housing}

Former Homelessness Czar Sees Hope for the Future

_{Caitlin Cory
March 10, 2022
Homelessness, Housing}

I sat down with Dr. Robert Marbut, Jr., a renowned national consultant and the homelessness czar under former President Trump, to discuss why he is optimistic about the future of addressing homelessness with robust solutions. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Cory
November 2, 2021
Homelessness}

President of Orange County Rescue Mission Explains Homelessness

_{Caitlin Cory
November 2, 2021
Homelessness}

The Orange County Rescue Mission is the largest non-profit faith-based organization in the Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. Incredibly, it houses 500-600 people within their many facilities at any given time and serves over 19,800 people in the community. Read More ›

Depressed woman sitting on a chair in dark room at home. Lonly , sad, emotion concept.

^{Caitlin Cory
October 11, 2021
Homelessness}

How Treatment Can Change Everything for the Mentally Ill Homeless

_{Caitlin Cory
October 11, 2021
Homelessness}

Take the story of Bethany Yeiser. Yeiser's mental state began to deteriorate in college. In her senior year, she dropped out and spent the next four years homeless, suffering many delusions as a result of undiagnosed schizophrenia. She received medical treatment and has been in recovery for fourteen years. Read More ›

Homeless in San Francisco sheltering in place during the COVID-19 pandemic

^{Caitlin Cory
September 28, 2021
Homelessness}

Homelessness: The Mental Illness Thread

_{Caitlin Cory
September 28, 2021
Homelessness}

In the middle of the National Mall at 5:45 this morning, a man shouted at no one in particular. Dressed in pajama pants, a T-shirt, and supported by a cane, he waved around a flashlight and occasionally struck his cane on the ground, all the while belting out a disruptive sing-song melody. Read More ›

PTSD Mental health concept, Psychologist sitting and touch hand young depressed asian man for encouragement near window with low light environment.Selective focus.

^{Caitlin Cory
September 1, 2021
Community}

Let’s Start Treating the Seriously Mentally Ill

_{Caitlin Cory
September 1, 2021
Community}

The surge in violence by the seriously mentally ill is a major threat to public safety in the New York City. But the city’s leadership would prefer to focus on mental-health care in general, distracting from the few mentally ill people who are the real cause of public fear. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Cory
August 20, 2021
Community}

New Washington State Laws Fail Mentally Ill

_{Caitlin Cory
August 20, 2021
Community}

A recent apartment fire in the Seattle area could have been prevented had law enforcement been empowered to provide true help to a man in mental distress. Read More ›

police dog and a policeman with vintage effect on the street

^{Caitlin Cory
August 6, 2021
Homelessness}

Good Intentions Gone Wrong

_{Caitlin Cory
August 6, 2021
Homelessness}

If you have been following Washington State law recently, you are well aware of the police reform package that went into effect over a week ago and the recent legalization of drug possession. Giving the benefit of the doubt, these changes could be very well-intentioned on the part of legislatures and judges. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Cory
June 17, 2021
Community, Homelessness, Poverty}

Washington State Police Reforms Fail the Mentally Ill

_{Caitlin Cory
June 17, 2021
Community, Homelessness, Poverty}

When Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a dozen new police reforms on May 18, he called them “a moral mandate” that would “create a system of accountability and integrity stronger than anywhere else in the nation.” According to proponents, the new laws are intended to protect citizens from unreasonable uses of force and to hold police accountable when they step out of line. Such reforms swept the nation in the wake of last summer’s demonstrations after the death of George Floyd. But a Facebook post from the Sedro-Woolley Police Department illustrates the way these laws are neglecting some of the most at-need in the state’s communities. “The last Legislative Session in Olympia has resulted in multiple changes in how we do Read More ›