The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law


 

 

Bazelon Center in the News

Judge: Mentally Ill Should Move Homes to Neighborhoods
ABC News, March 4, 2010

Mental cases spur lawsuit; Discrimination against mentally ill children alleged
Jackson Clarion Ledger, March 11, 2010

MIssissippi Sued on Behalf of Mentally Ill Children
WKRG-5, March 10, 2010

Judge Orders New York City to Move Mentally Ill Out of Large, Institutional Housing
The New York Times, March 1, 2010

Judge orders out mentally disabled residents of adult homes, if they want to live on their own
New York Daily News, March 1, 2010

Feds Want Immediate Protection For State Mental Hospital Patients
Georgia Public Broadcasting, January 29, 2010

The Criminalization of Mental Illness:
Why Are Oregon's Jails and Prisons its Biggest Providers of Mental Health Services?
The Portland Mercury, January 19, 2010

MH Funding Fares Well in 2010 Federal Budget
Psychiatric News, January 15, 2010

Special ed kids "missing to the system"
D..C. Schools Insider, The Washington Post, January 14, 2010

Getting the Courts to Stop Governing D.C
Washington City Paper, January 13, 2010

Those Needing MH Care Await Results of Medicaid Expansion Tug-of-War
Psychiatric News, January 1, 2010

Mental Health Policy [in Texas Tech's student handbook]
Lubbock [TX] Avalanche-Journal, December 26, 2009

House Passes Major Expansion of Access to Health Insurance
Psychiatric News, December 4, 2009

Closing a state hospital a complex move
The Morning Call, Allentown PA, November 23, 2009

A testing case: Treatment gains against incarceration
Tallahassee.com, November 14, 2009

Kids' mental health system back in court
The Arizona Guardian, November 16, 2009

Health Care Reform And People With Disabilities
Disability Scoop, November 9, 2009

Getting out the mental health vote
The Star-Ledger- NJ.com
, November 2, 2009

New mental health director faces difficult task, critics
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 1, 2009

Housing for Patients
Letter to the Chicago Tribune, October 28, 2009

College Mental Health: A Different Diagnosis
Wiretap Magazine, October 14, 2009

Federal judge rejects plan for Georgia's mental hospitals
Justice Department, advocacy groups say 'harmful and unsafe conditions' continue
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 30, 2009

Illinois nursing homes mix felons, seniors: Vulnerable residents sometimes in dangerous living situations
Chicago Tribune, September 29, 2009

Questions raised about tuition refunds: Coverage for physical, mental illnesses differ
Burlington Free Press, September 20, 2009

Ruling on Housing for Mentally Ill Is a Step Forward
Letter to The New York Times, September 17, 2009

D.C. to Ask Judge to Dismiss Special Education Court Order
Washington Post, September 16, 2009

NY Adult Housing Ruling Has National Implications
NPR health blog, September 9, 2009

Federal judge rules NY violated Americans with Disabilities Act in housing mentally ill
Associated Press, September 8, 2009

Lawyers for D.C. special-needs kids bringing city back to court
Washington Examiner, August 12, 2009

Supportive Housing To Be Cornerstone Of New Jersey Settlement For Confined
Mental Health Weekly, August 10, 2009

National Academy Urges Changes in Screening and Treatment of Depression
Psychiatric Times, August 11, 2009

Advocates Disappointed With Progress Following Landmark Court Ruling
Psychiatric News, August 7, 2009

It's Not Child's Play
Big money, religion, presidential politics, high-dollar lawyers. They’re all part of the ongoing and expensive story of mental health care for kids in Arkansas.
Arkansas Times, August 6, 2009

N.J. Psychiatric Hospitals to Release 300 Patients Under Lawsuit Settlement
The Star-Ledger, July 29, 2009

Advocates Weigh in on High Court Nominee
Education Daily, May 28, 2009

Roundup of Reaction to Sotomayor's Nomination
BLT: The Blog of Legal Times, May 26, 2009 (among other blogs to quote our release)

Training Police To Handle Mental Illness Cases
NPR, May 21, 2009

Managing Medical and Mental Illness
Health Behavior News Service, May 20, 2009

Segregating Special Ed Students No Longer
NPR, May 18, 2009

Georgia Gazette segment on Olmstead implementation
GPB/NPR, May 13, 2009

Mental Health Courts Increase Despite Debate
Associated Press, May 5, 2009

An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Under Scrutiny
Time.com, April 17, 2009

Settlements In Mental Health Cases Face Scrutiny
NPR, March 30, 2009

On Mental Health, an Online Tool
Inside Higher Ed, March 17, 2009

Massachusetts Hospital Settles Lawsuit over Strip Search
Boston Globe, March 10. 2009

SCHIP Mental Health Parity: Outlook is Unclear
Las Vegas Sun, February 20, 2009

DHR to monitor itself in mental hospital settlement
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 18, 2009

Creature Comforts - Assistance Animals Now Come in All Shapes and Sizes
The New York TImes, December 31, 2008

Florida Steps in Early, and Troubled Teenagers Respond
The New York Times, December 5, 2008

 
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  Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-467-5730
Fax: 202-223-0409
Email: webmasteratbazelon.org

 
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 1212
Washington, DC 20005

Phone: 202-467-5730
Fax: 202-223-0409
Email: webmasteratbazelon.org