The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Agency (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Texas-based Hill Country Farms. The suit accuses employees and supervisors at Hill Country subsidiary Henry’s Turkey Service, a turkey-processing center in Muscatine County, Iowa, of abusing mentally impaired workers.
Employees with mental disabilities were More…
Underfunded, understaffed and riddled with gaps, Iowa’s mental health system is broken. Such is the dismal assessment of advocates, state and county officials and families who have sought care.
On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) appeared alongside New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a New York police station to announce his intention to soon introduce a gun control bill in the U.S. Senate. The bill would tighten background check requirements for firearms purchasers across all 50 states More…
The federal government is kicking off several investigations of the health effects of the BP oil spill disaster. Projects will target physical issues, as well as the spill’s impact on Gulf of Mexico residents’ pocketbooks and state of mind. Experts say that all three are related.
“The committee recommends that More…
We’ve heard a lot about the potential health impacts of the oil spill, but not much has been said about the mental health impacts.
BP announced Monday it is planning to set aside $52 million for to improve the mental health of Gulf coast residents. But mental health professionals are More…
A military commission judge has ruled that the types of abusive techniques U.S. interrogators used on a suspected 9-11 conspirator are irrelevant to determining his competence to stand trial, the Miami Herald reports.
Ramzi bin al Shibh is one of five men charged by the U.S. military commission More…
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