Category Archives: #mentalhealthmonth
Legislation giving mandatory paid leave to all Illinois employees is ready for the governor’s signature
A bill headed to the governor’s desk that gives paid leave to all Illinois workers is being criticized for hurting small businesses around the state. The “Paid Leave for All Workers Act” guarantees up to 40 hours of paid leave … Continue reading
Former Miss America, Cheslie Kryst’s Mother Breaks Silence About Her Death by Suicide: ‘I Have Never Known a Pain as Deep as This’
Cheslie led both a public and a private life. In her private life, she was dealing with high-functioning depression which she hid from everyone — including me, her closest confidant — until very shortly before her death.” See link: http://opr.news/6c83835e220202en_us?link=1&client=iosnews
Does Leyden School District 212 Really Care About Their Students’ Mental Health ? Let’s Hope They Do !!! Let’s Get the Support of the Administration for Mental Health Days !!!
Students across Illinois are now able to take up to five excused mental health days. This started on January 1, 2022. Under a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in August, 2021, students who decide to take a mental health … Continue reading
Study shows contact with police may be detrimental to health, well-being of Black youth
Study shows contact with police may be detrimental to health, well-being of Black youth | UIC Today — Read on today.uic.edu/study-shows-contact-with-police-may-be-detrimental-to-health-well-being-of-black-youth
Divorce attorneys brace for exes battling over kids getting COVID-19 vaccine
Brad Novak, a divorced father from Lansing, got COVID-19 himself but said there are too many unknowns for him to be comfortable getting his 13-year-old daughter vaccinated. — Read on chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/8/29/22643296/chicago-coronavirus-vaccine-vaccinating-children-students-divorced-parents-disagree-attorneys-covid
Illinois Banned and Criminalized “Chokeholds” in 2016
I got involved in public safety in 1976 and as I recall everyone was trained that they were NEVER permitted to use “Chokeholds” unless they were fighting for their life and were justified in using Deadly Force. I never saw … Continue reading