mental illness

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A parliamentary committee is set to start work next month on whether assisted dying should be extended to those suffering exclusively from mental illness.

From Barron's

But the barrister asked the chairwoman of the inquiry to consider whether it is realistic that Calocane would have been prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned at that time while he was suffering with mental illness.

From BBC

The Carradine family said they wanted to announce his cause of death to raise awareness of "the stigma that attaches to mental illness".

From BBC

Authorities said the victim met Pysher on a Discord server related to individuals suffering from mental illness and the two spoke for about three months.

From Los Angeles Times

The state law governing involuntary commitments and conservatorships for people with severe mental illness is known as the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, and it includes the commonly used Section 5150 for those deemed “gravely disabled.”

From Los Angeles Times