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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.
The case against a man accused by a grand jury of holding a Pine Plains school principal hostage at gunpoint is in limbo until mental-health experts decide whether or not he’s sane enough to proceed with his defense.
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.
A man who was on parole from prison pleaded guilty to stabbing his neighbor to death, though no one knows why. Undra Amos died on May 2, authorities say, and Anthony Tilley, who was charged with his slaying, had a mental illness.
The lawyer representing Fort Hood massacre suspect Maj. Nidal Hasan said Monday he is considering a defense based on mental illness.
Grant Moxon, 23, of Lodi is a mental health specialist with the 467th Detachment unit in Madison. He was shot in the leg by alleged shooter Major Nadal Hasan.
The comedian is just out with 'Here's the Deal: Don't Touch Me,' a book delving into his mental health issues.
Phil Floyd of Staunton, who serves as Rockbridge Area Community Services' adult clinical support service manager, has been selected as a steering committee member of Recovery to Practice, a five-year initiative of the Dept. of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
BURLINGTON -- Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown. The apartment had been condemned for the squalor -- food on the floor, flies -- and his smoking in bed.
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Portland's police chief released a video tape that he says backs up his contention that there are too many people with mental illness on the city's streets. Chief James Craig says people are not getting the treatment they need.
STAUNTON — The Mental Health America of Augusta presented awards to area agencies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to those with mental illness or addictions during the association's 55th annual meeting and silent auction at the Holiday Inn Golf and Conference Center.
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.
The Mental Health Association of Morris County, located at 100 Route 46 East, Bldg. C, Mountain Lakes, is accepting bookings for the Mental Health Player’s 2008-09 performance season.
MARSHALL — Patients feeling left in the lurch by the pullout of their mental health care provider from Madison County are experiencing what the company's workers say they have felt for months.
MARSHALL — Patients feeling left in the lurch by the pullout of their mental health care provider from Madison County are experiencing what the company's workers say they have felt for months.
PROVIDENCE -- Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin on Monday said Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy has shown "increasingly erratic and unpredictable behavior" during their escalating dispute, but said he was "not at all" referring to the congressman's well-publicized mental-health issues.
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