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Leading mental health researchers are warning that some of the most important health consequences of climate change will be on mental health. The researchers say that climate change has the potential to have significant negative effects on those with pre-existing serious mental illness, but that there is also likely to be an increase in the overall burden of mental disorder worldwide.
Police in Burlington say a woman is being held for a mental health evaluation after she allegedly assaulted two staff members at a school.
It was standing room-only in the chapel at Florida State Hospital as the mental health facility celebrated an achievement which drew the Department of Children and Families’ highest-ranking official to the party.
The Boston Police Department and the state Civil Service Commission are locked in a dispute over the mental health evaluations of some job applicants. The Boston Globe reports that the department in the past three years has rejected 10 applicants after psychiatrists deemed them unfit for service. The Civil Service Commission, an independent state agency that ensures public employment decisions ...
WOODSTOCK – The case of a Wonder Lake woman accused of striking a police officer and threatening to let her pit bull loose has been transferred to McHenry County’s Mental Health Court.
Mary Grimm used a local cafe as her office and received words of encouragement from cafe employees to write "The Tootsie Roll Lady: A Memoir of Mental Illness, Alcoholism and Faith," a book about finding hope and her personal struggles between 1998 and 2005.
EUREKA -- The Art For Life Studio's holiday art show will take place today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the conference room at Humboldt County Mental Health Services, 720 Wood St.
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Army brigade leaders at Fort Campbell have begun monthly meetings of officers, doctors and counselors to catch early signs of emotional or mental stress among their troops and intervene before soldiers hurt themselves or others.
AP Photo/Brian Branch-PriceA 2006 file photo of New Jersey Public Advocate Ronald Chen.When college students appear suicidal, school administrators face a difficult judgment call. Do they steer them toward mental health treatment, or remove the students from campus, hoping to...
LEBANON, Ohio -- Southwest Ohio authorities say former NBA player Kirk Snyder has been transferred to a mental health facility after being ordered back to jail for allegedly removing an electronic
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.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawmaker who pushed for a review of Iowa's four mental health institutions says the Legislature will likely vote to close at least one of them despite a task force recommendation that all should stay open.
EAGLE, Colorado - Peer support and mental health recovery knowhow can be important both for a person dealing with mental health issues, and for support persons, such as a family member. There will be a mental health recovery training beginning Friday and Saturday that will continue for the next two Fridays and Saturdays, and finish the first Friday and Saturday after the holidays. The training ...
The state will lay off more than 300 mental health workers over the next several days, with about 300 more opting to accept voluntary retirements and layoffs as the Department of Mental Health moves forward with its closing of Westborough State Hospital.
MONTPELIER (AP) -- The state of Vermont could cut nearly $20 million in mental health services next year. Some say the cuts could mean up to 3,000 people across the state would lose mental health services.
The state will lay off more than 300 mental health workers over the next several days, with about 300 more opting to accept voluntary retirements and layoffs as the Department of Mental Health moves forward with its closing of Westborough State Hospital.
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