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A unique pilot program aimed at treating offenders with mental illness, while reducing recidivism and the cost to taxpayers, celebrated its first anniversary Friday.The private ceremony at the Jackson County Courthouse was also intended to celebrate the mental-health court's first...
WASHINGTON — An Army task force has found that a growing number of soldiers serving in Afghanistan are suffering from some kind of mental stress and is urging the military to double the number of mental health professionals deployed there.
Nothing can destroy a family like mental illness. When a loved one becomes seriously ill, it is like nothing you could ever imagine. Helpless, hopeless, utter despair — these are words commonly used by people who deal with a sick family member.
NEWTON As the lights at Sussex House a place where adults with psychiatric disabilities were able to go for skill building and rehabilitation are about to be turned off, an agency called Bridgeway Rehabilitation Services is coming to the county to help area residents recover from mental illness and the stigma that goes with it.
The Army will send more mental health specialists to Afghanistan to address soldiers' psychological troubles due to combat stress, repeated tours in war zones and too little time at home, the service's surgeon general said Friday.
State Mental Hospitals: Move faster to fix mental health care
Jefferson City -- Missouri's mental health director says his agency will consider a union request for more security at Fulton State Hospital.
The state Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services approved a plan Friday to cut nearly $7.3 million in spending by closing treatment beds, eliminating about 100 jobs and reducing contracts ...
"Body, Mind and Soul," a conference sponsored by the East Central Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), will be 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday in the community room in Whitewater Hall at Indiana University East, 2325 Chester Blvd. in Richmond.
Jose Leiva/Sun Journal Boston University professor Liah Greenfeld lectures on mental illness in contemporary America on Thursday at Bates College in Lewiston.
Rio Rancho Observer —Jimmy Currier Photo The National Alliance on Mental Illness Westside President David Gonzales and member John Snowden thanked the Sandoval County Commissioners for their support on mental illness awareness during last Thursday’s commission meeting. Pictured, left to right, Snowden, Gonzales, and commissioners Donnie Leonard, Darryl Madalena, Orlando Lucero and Glenn Walters.
Charles Timothy White was a brilliant man and generous of his time and money, but was wracked by a mental illness that led to his death, a neighbor and friend said Friday.
A study of more than 250 African-American youths from urban, low-income families examined the unique effects of racial identity and self esteem on mental health. Findings reveal that when young people's feelings of ethnic pride rose between 7th and 8th grades, their mental health also improved over that period, regardless of their self-esteem. The researchers also found that racial identity was ...
The state Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services on Friday approved a plan to cut $7.3 million from its agency budget by closing treatment beds, eliminating about 100 jobs and cutting con ...
Published: Friday, November 13, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:04 p.m. The PACE Center is hosting four workshops next week during mental health wellness week.
A large new study confirms that people with severe mental disorders are 25 percent to 40 percent more prone to die from heart disease than people without mental illness are.
