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Case in Point
June 6, 2019
Mentally Ill and Languishing in Jail
A Pennsylvania case illustrates a national problem: People with psychiatric illnesses often remain incarcerated while they wait for a hospital bed.
By
Christie Thompson
,
Leila Miller
and
Manuel Villa
Life Inside
December 1, 2016
‘Please Find My Grandson’
What I saw tracking down the mentally ill in jail.
By
Margaret Altman
Case in Point
September 12, 2016
The Man With the Bleeding Brain
William Palmer was “severely mentally impaired” when he clashed with police. Should that matter?
By
Andrew Cohen
Commentary
December 2, 2015
New York Disarms the ‘Mentally Ill’
Why mental health experts are up in arms.
By
James B. Jacobs
and
Zoe Fuhr
Commentary
June 2, 2015
Diary of a Madman?
A psychiatrist analyzes the notebook of James Holmes.
By
Andrew Cohen
Feature
March 18, 2015
Where Law and Order Meets Paranoid and Schizophrenic
Three days in Room 19E2, Bellevue Hospital.
By
Alysia Santo
News
December 1, 2014
A Plea from the Right
Conservative stalwarts urge Texas to spare Scott Panetti.
By
Maurice Chammah