Mental Health Matters

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December 2016 • Volume 3 • Number 2 •

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December 2016 Mental Health Law Newsletter

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In This Issue

Letter from the Chair

By Joseph T. Monahan

A message from Mental Health Law Section Chair Joe Monahan.

CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) and the emergency response to a crisis that involves the police

By Dara M. Bass

The ISBA Mental Health Law Section Council recently welcomed Alexa James, the Executive Director of National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago, to speak about the emergency crisis responses by the police.

Premiere mental health treatment for emerging adults

By Susan D. O’Neal

Yellowbrick uses cutting-edge science, such as brain imaging, EEGs, and pharmaco-genomic testing to find the best medicine to treat the condition and to measure progress.

New legal rules regarding medical cannabis

By Meryl Camin Sosa

A discussion of the new rules as well as the existing legal requirements regarding medical cannabis.

Ex-small biz lobbyist tapped for mental health advocate post

A veteran small business lobbyist has been hired to help handle state mental health government affairs for a top Illinois behavioral health advocacy group and to push to reverse state funding cuts opposed by Illinois voters.

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