One Year After Sandy Hook, Progress on Mental Health Care Is Real, but Slow

One Year After Sandy Hook, Progress On Mental Health Care Is Real, But Slow
“There really is no clear association between Asperger's and violent behavior,” warned psychologist Elizabeth Laugeson, an assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, a day after the shooting. The truth is that our … Read more on ThinkProgress

Former addicts encouraged to come out of shadows
It remains slated for theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles next month. “Recovery is here and saving lives more quickly than stigma can destroy them,” Lovell said. Speeches from area residents on regret, and the redemptive power of recovery, … Read more on The Register Star

Amid scrutiny, a surge of suicides in LA County jails
There was no indication that things would go so horribly wrong for him at age 23, when his brief life ended in an 8-by-11 cell at Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. On Sept. 30, he became the ninth of 10 people to die by suicide so far this … Read more on Los Angeles Times