Managing mental health during the holidays
MADISON (WISC) - According to the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), 64% of people who struggle with mental health report holidays make conditions worse. Counselors said this time of…
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Police learn new ways to handle mental health calls
A task force created the United Way, law enforcement and local leaders of color put out a set of recommendations for police, Friday.The group wants to lead the nation in changing how police are trained, and how they interact with…
NRA says 4.2M Americans could lose gun rights
The Social Security Administration is developing a new policy to address the reporting of mentally incapacitated beneficiaries to the federal government's gun-purchase background check system, which could prevent more than 4 million Americans from buying a gun.
After first week, MPD mental health officers report progress
The Madison Police Department says the policy change reassigning five officers to directly serve and protect the mentally ill is already paying off.
Changes could leave mentally disabled without place to work
Program directed to shift services from segregated to integrated
The smile on her face speaks volumes about what this means. Yael Kerzan has been working at Northwood Inc. of Wisconsin for eight years. While the products she works to package go out of the business every day -- her smile never leaves.
Mental health advocate says violence and mental illness shouldn't be so connected
NAMI Dane County director offers perspective on recent shootings
Madison Police Chief Mike Koval said his officers are often on the front lines of crisis and points to mental health issues in the community as the main reason for an increase in officer-involved fatal shootings over the past month.
Dane County Jail filling role as de facto mental health care facility
It was never intended to be one, but changes in the mental health care landscape have turned the Dane County Jail into what some are calling a de facto mental health care facility.
Officers prepare for mental illness in the field
Law enforcement trainer: 'They belong to somebody, and if they don't, they now belong to you.'
Recent incidents prompted law enforcement to once again reflect on the importance of training their forces for encounters with the mentally ill.
Name released of man killed by deputy in the town of Primrose
Sheriff: Man killed by deputy suffered from mental illness
The Dane County Medical Examiner's Office released the name of the man who died in an officer-involved shooting in the town of Primrose on Thursday.
Non-criminal patients moved from Mendota
Space needed for criminal patients
Civil psychiatric patients have been discharged from Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison to free space for additional criminal patients.
Man who killed 2 Waukesha County cops in '75 could go free
A man who's been institutionalized since killing two Waukesha County police officers as a teenager in 1975 could soon be a free man.
Wis. man admits killing neighbor
James E. Olson pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony count of first-degree intentional homicide.
Teen Pleads Insanity In Oconto Falls School Fire
A 16-year-old boy entered a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for starting a fire that caused $2 million in damage to a school in Oconto Falls.
