AOTNOW
Nov 12, 2020
Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Massachusetts Legislative Advocacy
According to the Treatment Advocacy Center, forty-seven states currently have assisted outpatient treatment laws on the books. The three...
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Nov 12, 2020
Mystery covers slain kids’ murders
- Wicked Local As Boston Police probed whether a Roslindale mother in the throes of despair may have murdered her two young children,...
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Nov 12, 2020
Woman was cited before I-495 tragedy
- The Sun LOWELL — Marcelle “Marci” Thibault’s intentionally fatal trek across Interstate 495 while carrying her niece and nephew wasn’t...
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Nov 12, 2020
More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and PrisonsThan Hospitals: A Survey of the States
- Treatment Advocacy Center In the United States, the first public outcry against putting mentally ill individuals into jails and prisons...
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Nov 12, 2020
Advocates: Mass. unlawfully isolates mentally ill inmates
- The Boston Globe One inmate, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, became so distraught after months in the prison’s isolation unit that he...
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Nov 12, 2020
Everyone wants to help David. But nothing seems to work.
- The Boston Globe It felt like they had chased the dream forever: to keep the homeless man in the red sneakers off the streets. Everyone...
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Sep 10, 2018
A Horrific Crime on the Subway Led to Kendra’s Law. Years Later, Has It Helped?
By Ali Watkins New York Times Nearly two decades ago, in a Manhattan subway station, a mentally ill man shoved Kendra Webdale, a...
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