Mental Health Archives – South Side Weekly

Expiring Federal Funds Threaten Chicago’s Alternative Crisis Response Effort

by Janani Jana and Nicole Jeanine Johnson August 28, 2025August 28, 2025

Chicago will need to dig deep to sustain and expand the CARE program, but state funds could offer hope.

Despite Crisis Training, Many Chicago Police Officers Still Resort to Force in Mental Health Crises

by Emma Sullivan August 28, 2025August 28, 2025

City Council Moves Forward on Treatment Not Trauma

by Jim Daley October 5, 2023October 5, 2023

Treatment Not Trauma. Illustration By: Julia Zeler

Advocates Fight Against Outsourcing Chicago’s Mental Health Care

by Madeleine Parrish May 13, 2021

Illustration By: Mell Montezuma

A Simple Twist of Fate

by Alex Shur October 28, 2020November 5, 2020

Activists Discuss Crisis within Crises and Transformation at the Healing Justice Retreat Series

by Jocelyn Vega July 22, 2020July 25, 2020

coronavirus/COVID-19

As the City Reopens, Mental Health Clinics Keep Services at a Distance

by Jim Daley June 24, 2020July 8, 2020

Entrevista: La salud mental durante COVID-19 en las comunidades afroamericana, indígena y la gente de color

by Jocelyn Vega May 28, 2020September 21, 2020

Q&A: Mental Health During COVID-19 in Black, Indigenous & People of Color Communities

by Jocelyn Vega May 27, 2020May 28, 2020