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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.
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.
The National Alliance for Mental Illness Iowa chapter presented Times-Republican Features and Staff Reporter Mike Donahey the Individual Professional Media award at its annual "Heroes in the Fight" event yesterday afternoon in Johnston. Presenting the award to Donahey was Dawn Olson, president of NAMI-Iowa and Margaret Stout, Executive Director.
Murder defendant Keith Mackowiak appeared in a status hearing before La Salle County Circuit Court Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr., Friday morning and said he would refuse to meet with a psychologist from Texas previously scheduled for this week.
Local state legislators received a preview of $324,164 in cutsto mental health and developmental disabilities programs the ScottCounty Board of Supervisors will consider next week.
David Bernard was the host for the 52nd Anniversary Party for the Broward County Mental Health Association. The event took place in Lauderhill at 9Muses Thursday night.
The N.C. Local Government Commission is expected to weigh in soon on fiscal management problems identified in the recently completed 2007-08 audit for Albemarle Mental Health Center.
Area counties could be on the hook for nearly $900,000 because of the mishandling of funds by Albemarle Mental Health Center, according to an estimate by Pasquotank County Manager Randy Keaton.
Regions Hospital is putting off plans to build a new behavioral health building, citing the revenue hits from state cutbacks.
Less than a month after losing three of its members to the worst mass shooting on an American military base, the tiny 467th Medical Detachment — made up of fewer than 50 mental health professionals — boarded a plane for Afghanistan in the chilly, predawn hours Friday.
From the Department of Things We Already Knew: A new report from the NYC Department of Health shows that people who regularly walk or bike at least 10 blocks feel healthier than those who don't, no matter the income level. But one thing that's interesting here are the significant effects of walking and biking on mental health. Have a look: Humans have been finely tuned over eons of evolution to ...
They are the combat medics of the mind, who joined the Army Reserves not to fight but to heal those who fight and sustain the incapacitating, invisible wounds of war.
A member of the board of directors of the Region One Division of Mental Health, Development Disabilities and Addictive Diseases will be at the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. Those with comments or suggestions concerning mental health issues are invited.
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado - Although some mental health professionals have viewed spirituality more as a cause of problems than as a source of solutions, the reality is that many people in Colorado's Vail Valley look to their own spirituality for support and guidance during times of stress and crisis. There are numerous studies documenting that many people turn to religious and spiritual sources for ...
Rosemary Corbin has joined the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center as a therapist in Child and Family Services. Corbin started Monday.
There are plenty of things to be addicted to; gambling, drugs, alcohol, even your job. Many of these addictions however occur at an age over 18
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