Janet Hays
@janethaysnola
Ridgeback lover, Advocate for a full coordinated treatment & care continuum for serious mental illness, grew up in Calgary, AB and now Louisiana proud. 🇺🇸💚
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http://HealingMindsNOLA.org 20-08-2015 21:56:44
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As someone who works at many intersection points in behavioral health systems, I can say with certainty from my own experience that Carolyn D. Gorman nails it here. Jacob’s mother clearly needs treatment and, because it’s unavailable, Jacob is the victim. No treatment 🟰s tragedy
Why is this no longer being updated, New Orleans City Council Freddie King III?
Fix New Orleans New Orleans City Council Freddie King III Info is on the city dashboard page. nola.gov/next/apps/#hea…
This is from 2020, after the state legislature passed laws to shrink #Nola Juvenile Court, a questionable loophole was found - and used. It’s timely now as DIXON WALLACE MCMAKIN & Jay Morris want to downsize courts in the city. wdsu wdsu.com/article/wdsu-i…
Nobody tells human stories that illuminate larger issues of mental health policy like Ellen Barry. Her latest is a bloodboiler. In NYC, the outrage is that it takes a year on a waiting list to get ACT or IMT. Idaho shows it can always be worse. nytimes.com/2026/04/07/hea…
Mayor Karen Bass But you haven't, because 40% of those you removed from the streets returned to the streets within one year. Please. Stop the hyperbole and just be honest with us about homelessness in LA. We can take it. nypost.com/2026/04/06/us-…
LTE supports Manhattan Institute Stephen Eide’s take: the mental health system lacks competence to give sustained and effective treatment to the hardest cases. When violence ensues, containment is necessary. Better that be in a psych hospital than jail, but has to happen either way.