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Attorney General Jim Hood mainly blames the Legislature for underfunding the Mississippi Department of Health in 2016, which led to the Department of Justice suing the state that August, Hood says.

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In the Statehouse and the Courtroom, Mental Health is Embattled

Research in the psychology and psychiatry fields show little to no evidence that hospitals and residential treatment centers are effective in helping a person with mental-health needs.

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