Bringing things completely up to date since Jimmy Breslin’s book is this article from the New York Times from the start of April. I say read it and comment, but I can see no end to any resultant litigation stemming from this revelation.
Read it at the NY Times site.
– CBG
There is a direct link between the growing prison population and the lack of mental health resources. The only difference is that we can scare people into paying to build more prisons and keep “dangerous people” away from us. It’s much harder to convince people to invest in prevention through mental health treatment, even if that would be much more effective in protecting everyone.
“The app is designed to help CPS, law enforcement and medical personnel to evaluate children who may have been abused. The app includes educational videos (over 60 in all) to describe the mechanisms of injury and evaluation of accidental or inflicted pediatric injuries including bruises, burns, head injuries, fractures, and abdominal injuries. The app includes…
This seems like an interesting thing that Australian courts are doing: “The program involves pre-recording children’s evidence and appointing trained “witness intermediaries” who help children to understand questions and get their answers across effectively. Since March last year more than 700 children have been through the NSW pilot program, which has 44 trained witness intermediaries….
I think that makes sense. This is consistent with previous studies. What I want to know about, though, are the 45% who don’t have depression, the 49% who don’t have anxiety, the 75% without PTSD, and the 80% with no substance abuse issues. What was different for them? What kind of help or support was available for them as children compared to the others who did suffer from these issues? What kind of trauma were they dealing with? What kind of community did they live in? What resources were made available for them?
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