Enlarge this image Dr. Homer Venters, the former head of New York City’s correctional health services, says that inmates held in solitary…
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To Get Mental Health Help For A Child, Desperate Parents Relinquish Custody
by Christine Herman January 2, 2019Enlarge this image Toni Hoy, at her home in Rantoul, Ill., holds a childhood photo of her son, Daniel, who is now…
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Enlarge this image Lt. Ryan Snyder, who works at the Champaign County jail in Illinois, says it’s hard for any such facility…
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‘Architecture Of An Asylum’ Tracks History Of U.S. Treatment Of Mental Illness
by NPR July 6, 2017The Center Building at St. Elizabeths, pictured circa 1900, housed administrative offices and patient wards. Established in 1855 as the Government Hospital…