mental health

CCA Integrity Unit hosts capitol seminar on mental health

Scott Henson
March 22, 2012 09:53

Today and tomorrow the Court of Criminal Appeals' Criminal Justice Integrity Unit is holding a two-day seminar on mental health at the capitol. (See a flyer [pdf] for the event.) If you haven't registered (I understand it's full), you can watch online beginning at 9 a.m. this morning; go to the...

Alabama Slowing Down Closure of Mental Hospitals?

March 15, 2012 12:48

See this article, which begins:The timeline for closing most of the state’s mental hospitals is being reconsidered and construction put on hold on a new hospital in Tuscaloosa, officials said today.

Events & Opportunities: April 2012

March 13, 2012 16:25

CFP: Conference on Human Rights, Environmental Change, Migration and Displacement, Vienna, 20-21 September 2012 [info]- The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2012.Refugees, Asylum Law, and Expert Testimony: The Construction of Africa & the Global South in Comparative Perspective, Rochester,...

Townsend: 52% in Texas youth prisons suffer mental health problems

Scott Henson
March 07, 2012 14:15

It's been frequently observed that adult jails and prisons are becoming society's de facto inpatient mental health facilities because they incarcerate so many offenders with serious mental illnesses. But if official data are to be believed, that may be even more true in the juvenile system....

CFPs/New Issues of EJML, FRLAN, Intervention, Ref. Watch Online

March 06, 2012 15:18

CFPs:Forced Migration Review: Special issue on "North Africa and displacement 2011-2012" [info]- "This issue of FMR will link in with a workshop on the Arab Spring which is taking place on 20th March in Oxford"; deadline for article submissions is 2 April 2012.Refugee Review: Theme is "Social...