Legally blind and alone, Katrina Byrd of Jackson, Mississippi, was reeling from her partner’s death from ALS when the pandemic sent her into isolation, cutting her off from the services and help she needed.
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Dillion Swindle of Oxford had just gotten his dream promotion and relocated to Louisiana when COVID-19 smacked the nation in 2020.
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William Pittman eagerly lent his signature to legalize medical marijuana, something his psychiatrist thought could help treat his borderline personality disorder, binge eating disorder and ADHD.
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Jasper County Sheriff Randy Johnson feels like he is on the front lines of the issues that face Mississippi corrections personnel in handling the mentally ill in the state.
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Threatened. Beaten. Denied food, water and his clothes. Constrained in a straitjacket.
Months after Travis Sean Hunt posted a note in Facebook Messenger accusing law enforcement in Choctaw County and Ackerman of these abuses while in their custody, he walked out the back door of his grandmother’s home and hasn’t been seen since.
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has secured crucial support from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi, the largest health insurer in the state, to continue covering telehealth visits at the same rate as in-person visits.
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Postpartum depression left Julie Seawright of Tupelo crying hysterically in her bathtub after the birth of her first child.
She turned to her state-employee insurance plan to cover out-patient treatment to see her through the crisis.
She was out of luck.
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U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves submitted his ruling on the tumultuous lawsuit over Mississippi’s mental health-care system late last night, mandating the appointment of an external monitor to verify progress toward constitutional treatment of residents.
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Parties to a long-debated lawsuit against Mississippi’s mental health-care system made their final appeals to U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves on Monday, setting the stage for his judgment on how Mississippi will mend its community mental-health offerings in accordance with the U.S. Constitution.
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Vaccines for Mississippi’s health care workers? Check.
Vaccines for those hospitalized long term? Check.
Vaccines for the short-term mentally ill? Maybe.
Sometimes acclaimed poet C. T. Salazar of Columbus marvels, “Oh, good Lord, what a great life I have.”
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Jen Cornett of Brandon goes for grief counseling to recover from the sudden death of her boyfriend in November.
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