Panhandlers for God

Not all street solicitors are created equal – some owe their souls to the company church

"...is not licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services to operate a drug rehabilitation program, nor has..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The Open Door Preschool, which offers its services to low-income, disabled, and non-disabled children alike, gets to stay in its old building -- from which its landlord had planned to evict it -- at a new, more expensive, lease.

"...in spite of, Open Door's landlord, the Austin/Travis County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center, depending on whom you ask...."

May 4, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Niche Justice

Travis County specialty courts try to break the cycle of crime

"...and juvenile drug courts, DWI court, felony and misdemeanor mental health courts, a family violence court, Project Recovery (a..."

March 26, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Sounds of Survival: SIMS Marks Three Decades of Supporting Music Professionals

Austin music community celebrates community of care

"...that for the next 30 years, our city is healthy and our city continues rocking,” he said...."

May 23, 2025 Music Feature by Caroline Drew

SXSW Offers Brain Chips for Depression

Depression isn’t just sadness, and brain implants aren’t just for Parkinson’s, panelists say

"...remains widely undertreated. At SXSW, panelists at the Revolutionizing Mental Healthcare with Implantable Devices session said they want to..."

March 14, 2025 News Feature by Mattea Gallaway

Suicides in Texas Prisons Have Dramatically Increased

Brooklyn Hogrell’s mother says our prison agency failed her

"...said. “There are also increased numbers of people with mental health issues who are incarcerated and not receiving proper..."

June 14, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

UT Teaching Assistants Fired Over Letter Supporting Palestinian Students

Faculty lend their support, citing censorship concerns

"...approached by a student asking if they could provide mental health resources for Palestinian, Muslim, and Arab students, given..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...heat-related illness calls from May to September. Austin Public Health reported 1,518 heat-related hospital visits, 70% of which were..."

Sept. 29, 2023 News Feature

Soundwaves' New Exhibit Envisions 20 Austin Songs as Art Prints

Signed Spoon and Sue Foley pieces fundraise for the SIMS Foundation

"...As part of Mental Health Awareness Month, the SIMS Foundation partners with Soundwaves..."

May 12, 2023 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Tests Limits of Death Penalty With Mentally Ill Man on Death Row

"[The] applicant is clearly 'crazy,' but he is also 'sane' under Texas law."

"...old, is without a doubt one of the most mentally ill people ever sent to Texas' death row. During..."

March 24, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Lizzo, Beck Announced as SXSW Keynotes

Festival also adds cyberpunk pioneer Neil Stephenson

"...called VR "an empathy machine," and she's continued her experimental work with films like "The Key," an animated interactive..."

Feb. 15, 2022 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Pro-Cop Group Submits Signatures for High-Priced Staffing Plan

Save Austin Now 2.0 eyes the ballot

"...a step in the right direction [with] more paramedics, mental health clinicians, and harm reduction outreach teams," THRA co-Director..."

July 23, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Qmmunity: Anti-Trans SB 29 Dead, For Now

Critical win at the Lege welcomes Pride Month festivities

"...the Trevor Project's 2021 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health found (yet again) that affirming gender identity among..."

May 28, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

Council Forum Covers “R.E.A.L. Solutions” to Gentrification and Displacement, Affordable Housing, and Public Safety

Candidates commit to addressing racial justice and equity

"...Council's historic reallocation of Austin Police Depart­ment funds toward health and social service programs in the fiscal year 2021..."

Oct. 23, 2020 News Feature by Lilli Hime

AISD Hears Loud and Clear: No Cops in Schools

Austinites call for schools to defund its police, too

"...more resources to be directed toward students' emotional and mental health needs. Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, was the..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Aaricka Washington

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

The tale of the comedy genius' lost film, and how he shredded it

"...was just arrogance, a mean streak or an undiagnosed mental health disorder, it basically made him a funnier Klaus..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Day Shall Come

British satirist Chris Morris puts a human face on security theater

"...God talking to him through a duck (Moses’ delusional mental health issues are dealt with, as is Morris’ way,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Limbaugh Rant Puts UT MasculinUT Program in Limbo

University program halted until after summer

"...well as UT for supposedly treating masculinity "as a mental health challenge, that too many men are simply crumbling..."

May 25, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A

Breaion King arrest doc heads up the Oscar short list

"...pulls no punches on her own troubled history of mental health, damaging and inappropriate mental health treatments, her dependence..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

What to Make of It

Local activists seek justice for black lives

"...also works toward holistic solutions in education and general health. "When David Joseph was killed, we did an emergency..."

July 15, 2016 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

Meet the Candidate: John Sisson

Sheriff candidate calls for end to S-Comm

"...JS: I'm concerned with the mental health and the medical issues within the jails. The..."

July 17, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Death Watch: Executing the Mentally (and Physically) Ill

Texas gets ready to execute a schizophrenic man

"...the U.S. Supreme Court), sparking national debate about the mental competence standard for executions...."

Nov. 28, 2014 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...Williamson and another officer, Chris Davis, finished up the mental-health call they were attending to, got into their separate..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

APD's Michael Clark Video

Footage documents events that led to Michael Clark's death

"...questions about how best to handle a confused or mentally distressed person in a difficult situation, whether the standard..."

Feb. 24, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Man Shot in Face

Mental illness possible factor in suspect's behavior

"...Homicide Detective Manuel Fuentes, APD Cpl. Jamie Haver, a mental health officer, responded to a "nature unknown" call on..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Hospital District Gets an Exam From the Lege

Austin and Travis County lawmakers ready a hospital district for the Legislature -- and then the voters.

"...an independent funding base to support the community's needed health care services. As a Republican, Heidrick says he is..."

Jan. 31, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Page Two

In the wake of the Republican Dream Team's electoral sweep, expect the governmental services you depend on to be diminished.

"...candidates, promising to cut taxes, decrease the cost of health care, and build more roads. Why they don't leave..."

Nov. 8, 2002 Column by Louis Black

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...1995 with the vision of helping to provide low-cost mental health services to Austin music industry professionals and their..."

April 5, 2002 Column

Executing Justice

Larry Robison, a schizophrenic killer whose parents tried to get help for their son but were turned away by state mental hospitals, is scheduled for execution on Friday.

"...say there is an inverse relationship between funding for mental health care in Texas and funding for prison space..."

Jan. 21, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Beware of Failing Rock

An Austin Couple Says Their Insurer Let Them Down

"...such a set-up straddles the advantages of both a health maintenance organization (HMO) and fee-for-service medical insurance -- it..."

June 21, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

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