The ACLU of Indiana, Indiana Protection and Advocacy Services and Indiana Department of Correction have finally reached an agreement on how to treat mentally ill prisoners, years after a judge attributed a number of suicides to poor treatment in Indiana prisons.

The state is partnering with Community Health Network to develop a neuro-diagnostic institute, which will have 159 beds and the capacity to treat 1,500 patients per year.

The family of a man fatally shot by IMPD officers over the weekend has told police he suffered from a mental illness.

The effort follows up on Donnelly's 2014 legislation that allowed all military members to receive annual mental health screenings.

Three years after losing his job at an Indy TV station, Rick Dawson felt his only option was to take his own life. His wife is telling their story to help others understand the danger of depression that goes untreated.

The Recovery Works program is aimed at improving offenders' recovery rates and reducing recidivism.

Servicemember suicides are on pace this year to decline for the second consecutive year. Yet, for three straight years more members of the military have taken their own lives than have died in combat.

Police are frequently first responders to a mental-health crisis, situations that can be fraught with uncertainty -- and sometimes, danger. And mental-health issues often go untreated or overlooked, until there's a crisis.

Five days of training with the Crisis Intervention Team began Monday at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. About 40 officers are participating in an effort to help them better understand mental illness, ranging from depression to schizophrenia, the legal process and how to engage others while on a call.