Bruce Willis is navigating his cognitive decline with grace, his daughter says. The actor was diagnosed in 2022 with aphasia, a disorder that affects memory and communication, and he retired before his condition progressed to frontotemporal dementia. While gone from the spotlight, Willis is reportedly hanging in there — and is still a die-hard dad. … Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More Californians with untreated mental illness and addiction issues could be detained against their will and forced into treatment under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a move to help overhaul the state’s mental health system and address its growing homelessness crisis. The new law, which reforms the state’s … Read more
On a Thursday this past July, my husband and I drove to our county’s police academy training facility. A uniformed officer let us in. We were escorted through several hallways and into a conference room, where I was scheduled to speak representing our local National Alliance on Mental Illness office. Standing at the front of … Read more