New programs help mentally ill ex-cons
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_on_he_me/apn_mentally_ill_parolees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061203/capt.0ea07590b2134a5bbaad2052cb9c9503.parolees_mental_illness_njtl203.jpg?x=130&y=90&sig=YHfyno5crFvGPoJJfNxLyw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Counselor Anthony Towns, left, Larry Lamb, center, and John Monahan, CEO of Greater Trenton Behavioral HealthCare, talk during an interview in Trenton, N.J. on Oct. 3, 2006. Lamb is among the ex-inmates participating in programs for parolees with serious mental illness. The programs offer comprehensive services, housing and job assistance, medication management, counseling and education. (AP Photo/Tim Larsen)" border="0" /></a>AP - Larry Lamb has lived a half-century of failures: three stints in New Jersey state prison, four psych ward confinements, drug and alcohol abuse dating back to adolescence, and more time in county lockups than he can count.</p><br clear="all"/>