Pawnee Mental Health Services receives grant

By Press Release The “Substance Abuse Treatment Access for the Indigent” project of Pawnee Mental Health Services was recently awarded a $43700 grant by the …

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Program Targets Soldiers’ Mental Health

Program Targets Soldiers’ Mental Health
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe on Wednesday touted a national program designed to provide mental-health care for soldiers returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Mental health poster contest entries sought

Mental health poster contest entries sought
Clark County’s government is holding a contest to find the best posters sharing a “vision of what mental health recovery means.”

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Government not listening when it comes to mental health services

After Lakeridge Health finally received funding in January for $2.8 million for its mental health programs, I see that the Ontario government is cutting …

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Dr. Hyla Cass: First Do No Harm – Green Mental Health

Psychiatrist Hyla Cass says most psychiatrists simply label patients mentally ill based solely on symptoms and put them on dangerous and addictive drugs, instead of doing complete physical examinations to find and treat underlying medical conditions which can manifest as psychiatric symptoms. There are numerous non-harmful medical solutions that patients are not being offered. She [...]

Durham police receive backup from mental health experts

Frontline officers across Durham Region are finding themselves responding to more and more situations involving people with mental health issues, …

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Mass. Senate set to vote on school nutrition bill

The bill would address those health concerns by requiring the Department of Public Health, along with the education department and the Department of Mental …

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Bill allowing purchase of health care from other states dies

House Speaker Frank Chopp killed the first version of the bill in the House in mid-February, saying that mental-health advocates and others had come to him …

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SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility

SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility
Source: IRIN The number of people seeking mental health treatment has increased in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia’s self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, despite the existence of only one small health unit, officials said.

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Psychiatric Solutions weighs sale of company

PHILADELPHIA, March 10 (Reuters) – Mental health facilities operator Psychiatric Solutions Inc (PSYS.O) said it hired Goldman Sachs as its financial adviser …

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