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Carver County News - Fri Nov 20, 12:40 pm ET
The Carver County Board of Commissioners is looking for interested citizens to serve on the Mental Health Advisory Committee. This committee advises the County Board and the Community Social Services Department on services relating to mental health and mental illness.
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The Oklahoman - Thu Nov 19, 9:39 pm ET
Mental health professionals work terribly hard to throw the shroud of secrecy off of mental illness and provide help for those in need. But horrific cases like the one in Nichols Hills this week don’t make that work any easier.Dr. Stephen P. Wolf was arrested Monday in the death of his 9-year-old son, Tommy. Records show the father told police his son "had the devil in him” and that Wolf had a ...
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The Journal News - 13 minutes ago
The state Appellate Division has overturned most of a lower court’s 2008 ruling that supported a private, for-profit mental health facility accused of violating patients’ rights.
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The Record and Herald News - Sat Nov 21, 3:03 pm ET
Police and emergency responders around the nation have long struggled to deal with people who have mental illness, and some say the situation is only getting worse.
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Lancaster Eagle-Gazette - Sun Nov 22, 6:41 am ET
LANCASTER -- Budget cuts to the county's mental health and addiction service agencies could leave thousands of residents without access to treatment.
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Sun-Sentinel - Sat Nov 21, 7:41 pm ET
We need more compassion, less stigma for mental illness Journalists sometimes trade in misery. It's part of the job.
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The Holland Sentinel - Sat Nov 21, 10:53 pm ET
Ottawa County Community Mental Health is hardly recognizable compared to when Dr. Michael Brashears took over as director nearly two years ago. He began by making the organization more transparent and having public meetings with CMH consumers, according to CMH board member Barb VanderVeen.
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The Arizona Republic - Fri Nov 20, 9:02 pm ET
Three victims. Two suspects arrested shortly after the slayings. Both potentially capital cases involve claims that the alleged killers suffered from serious mental illness.
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KTVB Boise - Tue Nov 17, 8:43 pm ET
CALDWELL -- A Canyon County judge says 16 percent of the nation's prison population suffers from a mental illness. Now that same judge is doing her part to help inmates get help, instead of serve time. On Tuesday evening, four Canyon County residents graduated from the first "Mental Health Court." They have all been diagnoised with either bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or major depression ...
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UPI - Fri Nov 20, 11:04 am ET
By LAWRENCE SELLIN UPI Outside View Commentator HELSINKI, Finland, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army recently funded a five-year, $50 million study by the National Institute of Mental Health to examine the factors possibly associated with suicide, including combat-related trauma, personal and economic stress, family history, childhood abuse, a military unit's cohesion and general mental health.
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redOrbit - Fri Nov 20, 6:07 pm ET
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Worldwide, more than 450 million people live with unmet mental health care needs.
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The Observer - Fri Nov 20, 4:12 pm ET
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.
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The Reminder - Fri Nov 20, 4:37 pm ET
AGAWAM - The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a grass roots organization focused on self-help, support, education and advocacy, dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses.
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The Selma Times-Journal - Sun Nov 22, 3:07 am ET
SELMA — Before and after a person’s school years, the Cahaba Center for Mental Health, a program of the United Way, cares for the intellectual well being of people in Dallas, Wilcox and Perry counties with mental illness, substance abuse or intellectual disabilities.
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The Jackson Sun - Fri Nov 20, 6:26 am ET
For those struggling with a mental health issue or illness, sometimes the best thing is to hear advice or get answers from someone who has been there, some mental health experts said Thursday.
