Mental illness

Funeral service for Bridgette Gentry Marshall, wife of Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall, will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 29, at McRae Funeral Home Chapel in Boaz. Mrs. Marshall died Sunday, June 24. She passed after a long battle with mental illness, according to her husband’s office. Mrs. Marshall was born in … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed House Bill 166 allowing trained marriage and family therapists to diagnose mental illnesses. HB166 was sponsored by state Representative Randy Davis, R-Daphne. Rep. Davis said that the bill allows marriage therapists to diagnose and treat mental illness. It does not allow them … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore called a ruling by a federal judge blocking President Donald Trump’s August executive order that banned transgender people from serving in the military “absolutely ridiculous.” “The decision of a federal judge in the District of Columbia enjoining President Trump’s executive order on transgenderism … Continued

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, July 6, US Representative Bradley Byrne (R-Montrose) said that HR2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, which passed the House on Wednesday marks the first reforms of our mental health programs in decades. Congressman Byrne is a co-sponsor of the legislation. Congressman Byrne said: “Instead of … Continued

By Graham L. Champion During our lives, most every one of us has at some time or another uttered the words “deliver us from evil”. It may have been as part of the Lord’s Prayer or after a particularly heinous act that we have witnessed or been informed about by the press or it might simply … Continued