The new treatment center
Room for a new life
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Program offers stability and independence for people with mental illness.
The new treatment center
‘Falling through the cracks’
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Advocates say closing mental health clinics may have left hundreds without help.
Publisher's Note
For many with mental illness, it’s arrest, incarcerate, release, repeat
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In March, Anthony Hill, an Air Force veteran who served in Afghanistan, was shot and killed by a police officer in suburban Atlanta. Neighbors called police when an unarmed Hill was seen wandering around his apartment complex naked. He had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Hill’s death is one example of a recent deadly encounter between police and people living with mental illness. Shootings in Dallas and Milwaukee also have made national news and sparked calls for better police training.
The new treatment center
Interactive map of Chicago public mental health clinics
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This interactive map shows client caseloads and staffing levels at each of Chicago’s public mental health clinics between January 2011 and 2014.
Video
Seeking help for trauma
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When residents of some of the city’s most violent neighborhoods need mental health treatment, they often seek help from social service and community organizations in their neighborhoods — help that can be hard to find.
Immigration
Advocates urge more mental health services for unaccompanied immigrant children
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Unaccompanied minors face temporary displacement, language barriers and other challenges that can lead to anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other serious mental health problems, according to research. Advocates say more services, such as talk therapy and support groups, are needed to help them deal with the stress and trauma they have experienced.
Government and Politics
Too far from the pharmacy
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About 1million Chicagoans live in a ‘pharmacy desert,’ and underserved residents in many South and West Side neighborhoods could stay sick longer without better access.
Health
Uninsured in Illinois: Obamacare by the numbers
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On the eve of the second enrollment period for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, there is good news, bad news and still many unknowns about the federal law’s impact. In 2010, President Obama signed legislation, widely known as “Obamacare,” into law with the goal of improving access to health care for millions of Americans. State and federal officials began working toward that goal in earnest in October 2013, when Americans could begin signing up for health insurance, for the first time, on the marketplaces created by the law. But one year later, we don’t know exactly how many uninsured Americans signed up for health insurance and, more importantly, who is still without coverage. The good news: Rates of uninsured people have dropped in every state.
Editor's Blog
Ebola scare triggers symptoms of racism
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The hysteria about Ebola takes the focus away from public-health problems such as influenza, which poses a real threat to Americans.
Criminal Justice
NFL, get your game face right
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While the NFL scrambles to investigate incidents of domestic violence within the league, it should rethink its own visual portrayals of women in ads that objectify and dehumanize them.