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Psychological problems are rampant, leaders admit. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been long, and repeat deployments are highly stressful. Doctors, too, fall prey to mental illness. The U.S. military's culture of silence about troops' mental health had finally begun to change.
SAN ANTONIO—State lawmakers say mental health programs for Texas veterans will receive $5 million for expanded services.
EL PASO -- The city government may end its involvement in the regional mental health authority.
A senior service provider at Somerville Mental Health Association received a statewide award recently for the quality of her work. The Association for Behavioral Healthcare (ABH) singled out Martha Goldstein, a clinical social worker, to receive the Provider Recognition Award for Best Practices.
Matthew J. Watkins, 30, who was charged with the 2008 chainsaw attack at the New Life Evangelistic Center in New Bloomfield, was committed Monday to the care and custody of the Missouri Department of Mental Health by Callaway County Circuit Court Judge Kevin Crane.
The tragedy at Fort Hood continues to rock the US military over it's handling of mental health issues.
A child's mental health is just as important as their physical fitness. That is the primary message this week, as school districts across the country observe National School Psychology Week.
Gov. Rick Perry on Monday announced a plan that calls for directing money from the state Health and Human Services Commission budget toward mental health treatment programs for veterans and their families.
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.
Inmates in the Tippecanoe County Jail are being offered a new resource for treating mental illness.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Officials have cut $1.5 million from mental health services in the Charlotte area after North Carolina state budget cuts reduced funds.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2009) - The Canada Post Foundation for Mental Health is closing in on its fundraising target for this year and is urging Canadians everywhere to help make its drive toward the 2009 goal of $1.5 million a success. "Canada Post is getting closer to its target every day and, with a few weeks to go, I'm asking everyone who has yet to participate to make the ...
Judge Juneal C. Kerrick will allow the public defender for Sheryl Lynn Sasenbery to get a mental health evaluation for Sasenbery. Sasenbery is charged with stabbing her Caldwell roommate to death in June. The request will allow a doctor to assist the defense, Canyon County deputy prosecutor David Christensen said. "This is more of a request to pay for an expert witness," Christensen said.
A Veterans Day ceremony will take place on Wednesday at the Korean War Memorial at Penns Landing focusing on the mental health of soldiers once they come back home.
Jason Rodriguez, who is accused of shooting six people, one fatally, in Orlando on Friday, “has been declining in mental health,” his lawyer said.
Complaints, suits follow psychiatrist to thousands with serious mental illness Tribune Watchdog: One of the most prolific providers of psychiatric care in Chicago-area nursing homes and mental health facilities is trailed by lawsuits and complaints.
