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John Oliver on the topic of Mental Health

ARTICLES

Let's Stop Using Mental Illnesses as Figures of Speech Huffington Post

Boston Common stabbing - Boston Globe, Oct 2014 

The Fatal Consequences Of Policing Mental Illness - Huffington Post, Oct 2014

Brave and afraid and heading down the longest road - Boston Globe, 3 part series, September 2014

Where the Police Are Part of Mental-Health Care - The Atlantic, Aug 2014

Police Confront Rising Number of Mentally Ill Suspects  NY Times, April 1. 2014

Care of mentally ill faulted in report – Boston Globe, May 19, 2014 

Many Bridgewater inmates need medical care, not prison– Boston Globe, June 5, 2014 

Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin. - Mother Jones, May/June 2013

Other Videos

60 Minutes: Patrick Kennedy founder of the Kennedy Forum
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60 Minutes: Denied - story of insurance coverage for mental illness


60 Minutes: Untreated mental illness an imminent danger?

60 Minutes: Nowhere to Go: Mentally ill youth in crisis
NPR: As Run-Ins Rise, Police Train To Deal With Those Who Have Mental Illnesses Sept 23, 2014

BOOKS

A Common Struggle by Patrick Kennedy

Thrive: How Better Mental Health Care Transforms Lives and Saves Money by Richard Layard & David M.  Clark 

The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn Saks

American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System by E. Fuller Torrey


Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness by Pete Earley
 



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