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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.
State legislators hope to save money by spending more on its most vulnerable citizens.
PEABODY, Mass.----PHC, Inc. d.b.a. Pioneer Behavioral Health, a leading provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, announced today that it has been awarded a contract renewal from the Detroit-Wayne County Community Mental Health Agency , the mental health agency charged with providing in-patient and out-patient services for more than 55,000 residents in Wayne County, MI.
Facing a record level of suicides in its ranks this year andincreases in cases of post-traumatic stress disorder, the U.S.Marine Corps is moving to put more mental health specialistsalongside its combat troops.
Mental health experts who work with troops back from deployment talked this weekend about the latest efforts to treat disorders.
Eleanor "Nonie" Hartwell had "unconventional views," which in her career days meant counseling people with HIV/AIDS.
Maryland lawmakers and supporters of Kent County's Upper Shore Community Mental Health Center promised to use the upcoming legislative session to fight the facility's closure by the Board of Public Works.
November 23, 2009 NEW YORK -- Mental health experts who work with troops back from deployment talked this weekend about the latest efforts to treat disorders such as post-traumatic stress, efforts that are particularly relevant in light of the traumatic shootings at Fort Hood.
Lakeland Mental Health Center (LMHC) is marking 60 years of service in west central Minnesota.
Mental illness-related incidents are on the rise at America’s institutions of higher learning. In 2007, a Virginia Tech student shot and killed numerous students and then turned the gun on himself, leaving a total of 33 students dead.
The Mental Health Parity Act kicks in Jan. 1 and provides coverage for depression, anxiety and other mental health issues For the thousands of working Central Floridians depressed about the economy, turning to drugs or alcohol, or suffering mental or emotional distress for whatever reason – there's good news.
Mental health professionals work terribly hard to throw the shroud of secrecy off of mental illness and provide help for those in need. But horrific cases like the one in Nichols Hills this week don’t make that work any easier.Dr. Stephen P. Wolf was arrested Monday in the death of his 9-year-old son, Tommy. Records show the father told police his son "had the devil in him” and that Wolf had a ...
LOS ANGELES — Since she was a teenager, Stella Ho has wrestled with fainting spells, seizures and suicidal tendencies. Doctors in her native Hong Kong struggled to figure out what was wrong with her. She was unable to hold onto her job as an office clerk.
NORRISTOWN — A defense lawyer is seeking a psychiatric evaluation for a Spring City woman accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a Norristown law firm where she worked then lying about being sexually assaulted while in custody.
The head of the Harris County Judicial Mental Health Task Force is expected to present sweeping recommendations on how to help mental health inmates at the Harris County Jail in a report to be presented to county commissioners in December. HOUSTON -- The head of the Harris County Judicial Mental Health Task Force is expected to present sweeping recommendations on how to help mental health ...
The Heartland mental health unit begins some changes today that officials say will improve services. The change to three shifts and availability of services come about as a result of an agreement Heartland Health entered into with Horizon Health.
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