Last Wednesday night, my friend Deb and I went to the ER at Wesley Long with a Community Dinner guest. He was having DTs really bad and he wanted help. He told us that he wouldn’t make it through another winter on the street. We hoped to get him into … > read more
News Release from Mental Health Association in North Carolina: U.S. Senate Passes Mental Health Parity September 20, 2007 (Raleigh, NC) – Two days ago on September 18, the U.S. Senate made history by passing the Mental Health Parity Act (S. 558) by unanimous consent – an incredible victory for mental … > read more
Yesterday was the annual Healthy Homes Bus Tour. We heard a lot about lead poisoning. And I’ve been reading more on the web this morning. The relationship between lead poisoning and crime is disturbing. There’s a “highly significant link between lead toxicity and the likelihood of criminal activity.” There’s a … > read more
NPR’s Housing First: A Special Report is “a yearlong special reporting project by a team of NPR News radio and Web journalists… explor[ing] why it’s so difficult for Americans with special needs to find good housing — and how the lack of housing often stymies their efforts to join, and … > read more
Joe Guarino said something in a recent post that got me thinking about a friend I saw this week on NightWatch: Joe: “It is a well-established fact that the people most likely to commit crimes in the future are those who have already done so in the past.” Part of … > read more