Hugh Brady, board member of NAMI Barrington Area, was honored this month with the Rona and Ken Purdy Award for Distinguished Service, an award given at the National Alliance on Mental Illness annual conference.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush said a statewide breakdown in mental health care has led many people with mental illness to languish in county jails, instead of receiving the treatment
South Dakota is using mental health courts to handle people with severe, persistent mental illness who have repeatedly been in court on criminal charges. North Dakota so far hasn't adopted mental health courts.
South Dakota is using mental health courts to handle people with severe, persistent mental illness who have repeatedly been in court on criminal charges. North Dakota so far hasn't adopted mental health courts.