Bob Collins
Golden Valley shows why mental health care for children is still a taboo subject in much of America.
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Tag: Mental illness
This week’s stabbing of a state senator in Virginia at the hands of his mentally-ill son, who then took his own life, has now sparked the usual follow-up: “How could this happen?” Read more →
Being mentally ill will not get you a break under the mandatory five-year prison term for illegally possessing a firearm. Read more →
Many Minnesota police departments have worked overtime to learn how to properly respond to calls concerning attempted suicides. Today, a North Dakota couple is speaking out against police tactics used on their son more than two years ago. In a Fargo Forum article, Mark and Tammy Erickson of Kindred, N.D., say their son Chase was Read more →