The Aporia
69 articles about 62 events for “Mental Health Treatment” in Politics.
“This is a good time to reinforce that healthcare above the neck should be treated like healthcare below the neck.”
“The mayor also shared support for expanding mental health and addiction treatment for homeless people.”
“If reelected, Bass said she would boost the LAPD’s ranks to 9,500 officers by the 2028 Olympics, overhaul homeless housing, and expand mental health and addiction treatment to get people off the streets for good.”
“…enforcing a new rule by the administration of US President Donald Trump that would require chronically ill people on Medicaid, a public health insurance programme for low-income individuals, to prove themselves “medically frail” to qualify for work…”
“…ys the definition of medically frail must include people who are blind or disabled, have substance use disorders or disabling mental disorders, have certain disabilities that significantly impair daily activities, or have serious or complex medical…”
“Doctors, nurses, and others who work in health care may have heard patients describe their struggles and might have personally fought insurance companies to get treatment covered.”
“We meet every week or every other week, read usually an article or a few chapters of a text, and in so doing develop a surprisingly-good mental roadmap of the leading political and theoretical concerns of our time.”
“…nched in October 2025 by the Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy, argues that counsellors and psychotherapists are an untapped resource that could fill a mental health treatment gap estimated at about 1.8 million people on waiting…”
“…vidence of that black hesitation toward El-Sayed inside the church while talking to Gloria Jones, 77, a retired nurse who said she appreciated El-Sayed’s background in public health, and the way “he speaks freely and frankly” without “beating around the…”
“KFF Health News also sent questions to HHS about the case and the resettlement office's treatment of unaccompanied minors.”
“'And that mucks around with my mental health, which then makes me even worse.' Ms Clifford, who said she had undergone operations on both knees, said she usually managed about half a day a week at the market.”
“Despite taking every possible precaution for her retirement by staying healthy and saving diligently for years, Barbara Weigand found her financial stability severely tested this year.”
“I spoke on the House floor that I had depression, and now we need to get rid of any stigma associated with mental health treatment."”
“Conservative social media influencer Nick Sorter on Sunday posted a 47-second audio clip on X that he said proved that Talarico had been discharged earlier in the week from Lindner Center of Hope, a mental health treatment center in Mason, Ohio.”
“…, saying: 'Representative James Talarico has never received treatment from Lindner Center of Hope.' Talarico also dismissed the claim, writing on X, 'I've never even been to Ohio.' The controversy has raised questions about the authenticity and context of the…”
“But false rumors had been circulating in Republican circles that he had been struggling with his mental health under the pressure of campaigning and that he may have sought treatment in Ohio.”
“Prisons would continue to offer mental health services.”
“Without it, individuals can struggle severely with mental health issues such as heightened anxiety and depression, with some turning to self-harm and suicide.”
“If the policy had gone into effect, the only treatment transgender inmates would have been able to receive would be mental health services and potentially medications like antidepressants.”
“Lisa Marr, who lives in Nova Scotia, told CTV News it’s a ‘stab in the back,’ saying she has spent much of her life struggling with debilitating mental health conditions despite years of psychiatric treatment, medication and therapy.”
“…C warns of rising threat of drug-resistant germs A new CDC report sheds light on what the agency calls one of the nation’s most urgent public health threats: infections resistant to existing treatments, which kill more than 50,000 people in the U.S. each…”
“"For some folk who may well be unwell, whether with mental health issues or alcohol and drug or other things, they may not necessarily be able to grasp or be in a situation where they can consider the consequences of their actions,"”
“Most cite mental health as their reason.”
““If the special minister of state’s assessment is that my [staffing] allocation is appropriate, I invite him to sit down with the workers in my office to try and understand the toll the job is taking on their mental and physical wellbeing.”
“Inclusion Canada, an organization that supports people with intellectual disabilities, had welcomed the mental illness exclusion, however, saying the government recognized that "people with mental illness need treatment and support."”
“The Conservatives pledged to end open drug use, improve access to mental health care and empower police to enforce the Mental Health Act to connect people with mandatory treatment.”
“The rapid deterioration of Mao's physical and mental health towards the end of his life showed the lengths the CCP will go to maintain the secrecy surrounding the health of its leaders.”
“The question is, who’s got the best treatment plan for this organ that’s so critical to Toronto’s health?”
“Meanwhile, Nugent, the man charged with attacking Haines, reportedly received treatment at psychiatric facilities, including a 20-bed acute adult mental health in-patient facility in Wangaratta, and had lived alone outside town for some 10 years.”
“While Loewen did not outline specific commitments for Kelowna Centre on addiction and mental health, she said the BC Conservatives have strategies planned to address the issues.”
“Public health response A coalition of a dozen mental health organizations, including the Canadian Mental Health Association and Public Health Physicians of Canada, alongside 28 prominent addictions researchers, have sent submissions to Parliament asking for…”
“Gail Grogan, Toongabbie The mental illness factor While there is certainly a need for public officials to tone down their rhetoric, a critical issue is being overlooked: untreated mental illness (“Deleted posts show Nugent had mental health spiral”, October…”
“Nugent’s lawyer Chirag Patel told Magistrate Allison Vaughan that his client was suffering from potential mental health issues and a concussion.”
“His absence sparked a swirl of conspiracies online, including the false claim that he was at a mental health treatment center in Ohio.”
“…48,965) had active referrals to children and young people’s mental health services in 2024-25.1 -Most pupils (55%) do not achieve a good standard in their English and Maths GCSEs (grade 5 or better in both) at the end of key stage 4. -There are around 1…”
“UN Women reported in August 2026 that 70% of women surveyed described their mental health as bad or very bad.”
“…ico disappeared from the campaign trail for more than a week, prompting Democratic concerns as well as wild Republican rumors that he was secretly seeking mental health treatment in Ohio; his campaign has said that he had a bad flu, and had never been to…”
“The results of this plebiscite, which asked voters if they would support a ban on public drug use, or the addition of both voluntary and involuntary mental health and addictions treatment beds in Vancouver, will be announced by Oct. 21.”
“But Sasha's physical and mental health deteriorated rapidly during the years she spent in the 'inhumane' conditions of St Petersburg's Detention Centre No5 before, during and after her trial.”
“The story went that Talarico, who had missed more than a week of campaign events because of a bout with the flu, wasn’t really ill and instead had sneaked off to a mental health center in Ohio.”
“Rhein Amacher, the man who started a right-wing media frenzy when he claimed to have proof that Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico had sought mental health treatment in Ohio, backed away from that claim today…sort of.”
“It was a measure of his opponents' desperation to stop him that his illness led to a conspiracy theory that he was being treated at a mental health facility.”
“Supreme Court agreed, ruling the Mental Health Act gave hospital directors what it called blanket power to impose psychiatric treatment.”
“Steele-John has since made a name for himself as the party’s chief spokesman on the NDIS and mental health.”
“After Catalano’s arrest, he admitted himself to a residential rehabilitation facility, saying he was “struggling with significant mental health and substance abuse issues”.”
“His absence sparked a swirl of conspiracies online, including the false claim that he was at a mental health treatment center in Ohio.”
“While Talarico’s campaign repeatedly said the candidate was sick with a bad case of the flu, conservative influencers falsely accused him of receiving medical treatment at a mental health facility in Ohio.”
“…rs, and Andrew Gillum, Johnson argued that public safety "has to be something more than just policing," highlighting city investments in "mental behavioral healthcare, promoting detectives, and expanding and investing in CVI (community violence…”
“…child psychologist, who chaired the Independent Review into Mental Health Conditions, ADHD and Autism, said adults use the slur because they cannot face up to their own responsibility for making children's lives more difficult and depriving them of the…”
“The appeal regretted that the appellant had been subjected to continuous solitary confinement, which had demonstrably taken a grave toll on her physical and mental health.”
“Taxpayers are stumping up £1billion a year to pay disability benefits to more than 120,000 teenagers with mental health conditions including autism, ADHD and depression, a new analysis reveals.”
“An even more extreme meltdown took place over the weekend as MAGA tried to insist that Texas Democratic candidate James Talarico had suffered a mental breakdown and had been admitted to a treatment facility in Ohio.”
“(as Carolyn Bennett, then Canada’s Mental Health and Addictions Minister, said in 2022).”
“In his absence, some conservatives speculated that he was taking a break for mental health reasons.”
“This has clearly influenced the Democrats’ view of how racial politics operates in America, and they’ve tried to apply the same mental model to Hispanics and Asians.”
“The ministry said its rehabilitation department’s budget has increased by 88 percent over the past three years to 10 billion shekels ($3.3m), with the majority supporting treatment for mental health conditions and post-traumatic stress disorder.”
“At his original trial, court heard that Cope had severe mental health challenges and stopped taking his medications and began consuming illicit drugs a year before the attack.”
“That includes making investments in affordable and supportive housing, treatment options, cleaner public spaces and the community crisis service that provides a non-police response to some mental health calls.”
“Mental health experts said it also could traumatise children.”
“In fact, one-third of the Israeli population felt they needed mental health treatment, according to the National Mental Health Barometer report.”
“James charged, saying that Komatireddy doesn’t understand Kendra’s law, which allows judges to order someone into outpatient mental health treatment.”
“The government has twice paused access on the basis of mental illness over concerns about the readiness of the health care system.”
“The Greens also pledged further funding for frontline mental health, alcohol and other drug treatment and homelessness services.”
“He received treatment, and now advocates for the mental health and wellbeing of other Canadian veterans.”
“The therapy is performed by trained mental health professionals and is among treatments recommended for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder by the World Health Organization.”
“And new messaging, connecting Democrats’ opposition to mental health treatment for gender dysphoria with violence carried out by mentally distressed individuals who identify as transgender, was just as persuasive.”
“The next year he was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was institutionalized for mental health treatment.”
“…ale, a longtime critic of “housing first” policy—which proposes that homelessness be solved by supplying those in need of housing with somewhere to live—argues that fining and arresting people for sleeping in public will push them into mental health…”