Winnebago County Summit to Look at Crime's Link to Mental Health

Winnebago County summit to look at crime's link to mental health

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Page 2 of 3 – "We know that nationally and locally we have a huge overrepresentation of persons with mental health and substance-abuse issues in our jails and prisons," said Michelle Rock, director of the Illinois Center of Excellence for Behavioral …
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Wisconsin briefs

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MILWAUKEE — A pregnant Wisconsin woman is challenging the state's fetal protection law after she was confined in a drug treatment center, despite what she says is no evidence that she was still using drugs. The lawsuit filed Sept. 27 in federal court …
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When the hospital must be the classroom

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In 10 hospitals as well as one drug treatment center, a full-time staff of teachers spend their day bringing the classroom to CPS students too ill to attend a traditional school for medical or mental health reasons. During the 2012-13 school year, a …
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First Victims of 'Flesh-Eating' Street Drug Being Treated by Joliet Doctor

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Dr. Abhin Singla, an internist and addiction specialist at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, said in a news release Tuesday that the patients have sought out treatment in the last 36 hours — the first victims to be seen in Will County. “As …
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