Tag: mental illness
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59 percent of Ky. adults have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, linked to physical and mental health issues
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation illustration By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many health-care providers have started looking at adverse childhood experiences when assessing their patients’ poor health because ACEs have...
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Panel considers involuntary, court-ordered outpatient treatment for mentally ill; foe says would infringe on personal rights
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Representatives from five groups involved in mental health offered legislators solutions June 15 for ending the revolving door between hospitalization, incarceration and homelessness that...
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Doctor speaks up about battle with depression, leading cause of disability for people 15-44; only 20% with symptoms are treated
By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News Pitman (Paducah Sun photo) Dr. Jay Pitman knows what it’s like to feel isolated. Pitman spoke out about his battle with depression in a...
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Mentally ill in personal-care homes, or at risk of going there, will have increased access to behavioral health care in Kentucky
The state Cabinet for Health and Family Services is extending an agreement that provides housing assistance and services to people with serious mental illness has been extended through Septemnber 2018, and is...
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Researchers find genetic biomarker that could indicate mental illness in women
Patients’ behaviors and feelings often serve as identifying factors for psychiatric disorders, which can make diagnoses difficult. Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that the...
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Law requires equal access to mental-health and drug-abuse treatment, but is not always obeyed; Ky. says it’s working on issue
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News By law, mental health benefits must be offered equally to medical and surgical benefits if the plan offers them, but this isn’t always the...
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July is Minority Mental Health Month; experts discuss mental-health complications among African Americans
By Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News July is Minority Mental Health Month. KET‘s Renee Shaw interviewed Sycarah Fisher, associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky,...
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Almost 1/4 of Ky. inmates have mental-health issue; lockups are becoming the ‘new asylums,’ Wall Street Journal says
Almost a fourth of the inmates in Kentucky’s prisons and jails have a mental-health issue, and it’s part of a growing national problem. “America’s lockups are its new asylums,” Gary...
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Agreement will move at least 600 from personal-care homes to community mental health facilities
At least 600 people now in personal-care homes will be moved to community-based settings under “an agreement that advocates say will systematically change the way community mental health services are...
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Seven Ky. communities get grants to reduce risks for chronic diseases among children and ‘Invest in Kentucky’s Future’
Seven diverse Kentucky communities are getting money to reduce the risk of chronic disease among Kentucky’s youth. The initial grants announced Thursday are part of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky’s new Investing...