A new era for mental health

Ceremonial Signing Marks City-State Partnership for Mental Health Facility

Dorri Partain Managing Editor During a signing ceremony on Wednesday, July 16, officials from the City of Kansas City and the State of Missouri signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to finalize a partnership to build a multi-million dollar behavioral health facility to expand local services. This MOU — signed by Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Manager Mario Vasquez — finalized the sale and land assembly by the City and transfer to the State of…

A new era for mental health

For decades, Malawi’s approach to mental health care was governed by the outdated Mental Treatment Act of 1948. This colonial-era law, among its many flaws, criminalised certain mental health condi…