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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.
A Nassau County Judge presiding over a motion hearing Nov. 5 recommended a mental health evaluation for Gregory David Larkin, who is accused of murdering his parents in April.
Relief should be provided to parents who adopt from the state a child who eventually develops violent or severe mental-health tendencies, an attorney told a legislative panel Friday.
Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater has been asked to determine whether the state Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services violated the Open Meeting Act when it recently slashed its ...
If a freestanding urgent-care clinic staffed by a physician is called a "doc in a box," Pradeep Arora could be called a "shrink in a box." In a first for the First Coast and perhaps nationwide, a doctor has opened a mental health clinic in a walk-in style reminiscent of the urgent medical centers that are popping up all over the country. Think Solantic or Avecina Medical, but for aches and pains ...
Ventura County is initiating a multimillion-dollar program to prevent mental illnesses and intervene early to lessen their effects.More than $4 million from a state millionaires’ tax will be invested in mental health programs in schools, medical clinics and communities, officials said.“A huge part of this is to increase access and decrease stigma,” said Susan Kelly, who manages the county’s use ...
The holiday season is fast approaching and Southeast Missouri Mental Health Center employees are preparing to spread Christmas cheer to 300 patients who will be in the center.
FORT BLISS -- Troops serving in combat zones soon will be required to sit down for a series of interviews with counselors trained to recognize post-traumatic stress disorder, suicidal tendencies and other mental health problems.
Most of the people who saw Karl Pernsley jump off the Route 95 overpass in Cranston Monday morning, and the event's horrific aftermath, are likely to suffer physical and mental ailments for about a week, says Richard Crino, vice president of acute services at NRI Community Services Inc., a mental-health agency in Woonsocket.
MONTROSE -— Two groups have joined forces in an effort to reduce depression and other mental health conditions in our most influential and developing population — teens.
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.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Police and emergency responders around the nation have long struggled to deal with people who have mental illness. Now some say the situation is getting worse.
Associated Press - November 21, 2009 12:44 PM ET BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Police and emergency responders around the nation have long struggled to deal with people who have mental illness.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Police and emergency responders around the nation have long struggled to deal with people who have mental illness. Now some say the situation is getting worse.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Worldwide, more than 450 million people live with unmet mental health care needs. Wake Forest University Counseling Professor Donna Henderson co-developed a training course with easy-to-follow lessons that helps nonprofessional community volunteers in developing countries respond to mental health issues.
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.
