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All content tagged: "mental health"

By Tom Kramer

An advocate for the homeless in Traverse City has died.

Eugene (Gene) Fox regularly opened his modest home to people who slept outside. He also organized an annual...

By Linda Stephan

Older people with mental illnesses and disabilities no longer have a place to socialize together in Traverse City, thanks to state budget cuts. Friday was the last...

By Linda Stephan

In mid-October, Traverse City bids farewell to a program for seniors with mental illness and disability.

Northern Lakes Community Mental Health is axing its...

A whistleblower lawsuit against Manistee and Benzie Counties may not be over. The attorney for the plaintiff says key evidence was concealed from him during the trial. He's convinced the judge to allow more questioning of a witness.  ...

 

By Linda Stephan

State Attorney General Mike Cox issued an opinion last May saying counties have to bear the cost of treating mental illness among jail inmates.

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By Linda Stephan

The state Court of Appeals says a lawsuit can move forward over the 2002 death of a mentally ill Grand Traverse County inmate.

Christopher Morden...

By Linda Stephan

Mental health advocates say there are simply far too many people sitting in a cell who really need treatment, not incarceration. In a time in Michigan when no program...

Two years ago, in a contentious split vote, the Manistee-Benzie Community Mental Health Board fired its executive director during a public meeting. Michael Moran worked for the mental health agency for more than thirty years. He filed a civil...

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