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A public forum discussing mental health funding has been postponed due to a winter storm warning. The event, hosted by the Hays Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 4 in the Fort Hays State University Memorial Union’s trails room.
In KERA's Monday Economy segment, Sam Baker talks with the executive director of Mental Health Association of Tarrant County talks about recognizing signs of stress and tips for coping with it.
Wisconsin officials have long backed the idea that insurance should cover mental illness as fully as it covers other diseases.
Experts say therapists are taught to look for mental health causes for problems, not monetary ones, and haven't traditionally learned how to help their clients budget or reduce debt. But a new approach that includes that help is being lauded.
TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Young adults with elevated levels of lead in their blood might be at increased risk for major depression and panic disorders, a new study suggests.
The City of Denison will be appointing a member to the Board of Trustees for Mental Health Mental Retardation Services of Texoma for a two-year term beginning Sept 1, 2009 and running until Aug. 31, 2011. Board members are eligible to serve consecutive re-appointment terms.
Two British psychiatrists say a review of research indicates climate change will have major negative impacts on mental illness. Dr. Lisa Page and Dr. Louise Howard of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London reviewed recent research on the mental health impact of climate change.
Six years ago, Texas leaders knew the state mental health system was in bad shape.
Before the state took control of it early this year, the Albemarle Mental Health Center was $2 million in the red and its finances were in such shambles that it was doubtful the entity had the ability to survive, according to a recently released independent audit.
East Texans seeking mental health services face the same sort of delays as people in other parts of the state, local providers said.
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.
To Bonnie Kelly it wouldn't be anything short of the truth to say that the Mental Health Cooperative saved her life.
For one Shenandoah Valley mother, professional advice about treatment for her troubled teenager was simple: Put him in foster care and walk away. It is scores of tales like hers that are leading a coalition of mental-health groups, educators, juvenile-justice workers and health-care groups to join in a three-year campaign to reform the children’s mental-health system in Virginia.
NORMAN — A group of mental health and substance abuse treatment advocates gathered this week to voice their concerns about proposed state budget cuts that will affect services at Norman treatment centers.In November, the governing board for the state Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Department approved a plan that will affect three treatment centers in Norman.The proposal includes ...
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Sen. Leticia Van de Putte announce committee charge in advance of 2011 regular session
Valley is making changes to their programs that they believe will provide better care for clients and save taxpayers money. Workers say it wants to put clients in the driver's seat, but one woman worries the changes will put people who need help on a crash collision course.
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