mental illness

^{Robert Marbut and Marvin Olasky
February 20, 2023
Homelessness}

Obama Promised to End Homelessness This Year

_{Robert Marbut and Marvin Olasky
February 20, 2023
Homelessness}

Policy makers act as if it’s simply an issue of people not having houses, rather than a complex problem often rooted in mental illness and substance-abuse disorders. Read More ›

Wooden toy house model in man's hand on yellow background front view

^{Marvin Olasky
October 21, 2022
Homelessness}

Stephanie Creighton

_{Marvin Olasky
October 21, 2022
Homelessness}

With Creighton as with others, it may be that mental illness doesn’t go away, but at Eden Village it does not rule her. Read More ›

Hands of Homelessness Poor man holding the paper house hope to have family home and warm home

^{Discovery Institute
October 12, 2022
Homelessness}

Discovery Institute Releases National Report on Homelessness

_{Discovery Institute
October 12, 2022
Homelessness}

The problems linked to homelessness, including substance abuse, mental illness, and crime, are increasing in America despite untold sums of government money spent to address this complex problem. Read More ›

^{Marvin Olasky
September 16, 2022
Homelessness}

Good Intentions, Horrible Results

_{Marvin Olasky
September 16, 2022
Homelessness}

Which came first, medical panaceas (that turned out not to be so) or money incentives? Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
September 6, 2022
Homelessness}

Spokane Shows the Failures of ‘Housing First’

_{Bruce Chapman
September 6, 2022
Homelessness}

The national policy of “Housing First” has been a disappointing failure at reducing homelessness overall. Housing should be only one part of a solution that includes treatment of mental illness and drug addiction. Read More ›

Desperate lonely man seated against the wall in the city street

^{Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Economics}

Homeless Encampments and Mental Illness

_{Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Economics}

Fifty-one years ago I bicycled from Boston to Oregon. I was a Marxist then and looking for evidence of the American empire falling apart, but during the whole ten weeks on the road I didn’t see the one tourist attraction that would have delighted my propagandistic self: homeless encampments. Now every city seems to have them. Read More ›

^{Bruce Chapman
June 27, 2022
Economics}

Republicans Could Lead on Mental Health Treatment

_{Bruce Chapman
June 27, 2022
Economics}

Tucked away in the gun law President Biden just signed is a provision increasing funding for preventive outpatient treatment for mental illness. This is an important step toward solving America’s mental-health crisis but only part of what’s needed. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
November 2, 2021
Economics}

President of Orange County Rescue Mission Explains Homelessness

_{Caitlin Bassett
November 2, 2021
Economics}

The Orange County Rescue Mission is the largest non-profit faith-based organization in the Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. Incredibly, it houses 500-600 people within their many facilities at any given time and serves over 19,800 people in the community. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
August 20, 2021
Economics}

New Washington State Laws Fail Mentally Ill

_{Caitlin Bassett
August 20, 2021
Economics}

A recent apartment fire in the Seattle area could have been prevented had law enforcement been empowered to provide true help to a man in mental distress. Read More ›

Blue light flasher atop of a police car. City lights on the background.

^{Caitlin Bassett
June 18, 2021
Economics}

Caitlin Bassett Discusses Washington State Police Reforms on The Lars Larson Show

_{Caitlin Bassett
June 18, 2021
Economics}

Discovery Institute's Caitlin Basset joined Lars Larson to explain how Washington State's new police reforms, which are intended to protect citizens from excessive uses of force, are actually putting the mentally ill at more risk. Read More ›