Individuals who struggle with a chronic and persistent mental illness can face many obstacles in coping with their daily lives. A community that embraces their mentally ill citizens can find that there can be a cohesive co-existence with these members . . .

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is the largest incarcerator in the nation with the sole purpose of housing individuals that violate the law. CDCR is housing inmates at an unconstitutional rate, operating at 170% over . . .

A study of attitudes toward mental illness and the mentally ill compared 280 Ghanaian and 564 California high school and undergraduate college students. The Ghanaians were found: a) to be more rejecting of the mentally ill and the ex-mental patient; b . . .

Thorough research has determined that police attitudes towards mental-health consumers have shifted through the past few decades. After collecting data from peer reviewed articles, multiple textbooks, and some government documents, a prevalent theme s . . .