When a crisis arises
Care for mental health patients often falls to law enforcement in Idaho Moscow police respond to a call of someone acting strangely — wrapping themselves in tin foil, for example. […]
Tag: mental health
Short on support
Declines in state support for mental health services evident on the Palouse A Moscow woman spent years wrapping herself and her car in tin foil, battling police and convincing herself […]
Mind mental health
Mental health is a serious issue, seek help if needed A weather-induced gloom has settled over the University of Idaho. Students are finding ways to stay indoors as much as […]
Fill the cells — Civil commitment no solution to gun deaths
When the gun lobby breaks from denouncing Hollywood and videogames as motivators for attacks like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School, they ultimately circle back to “addressing mental health.” […]
Cautionary tale — Help before turning to violence
Jeffrey T. Johnson walked out from behind a van in Midtown Manhattan, shot former co-worker Steven Ercolino and then walked off down the street Friday. At the front doors of […]