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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.
As the Kansas government continues efforts to balance the state budget, advocates said mental health services already have taken a considerable hit. Those funding concerns will be discussed at an open forum at 7 p.m. Monday in the trails room of Fort Hays State University's Memorial Union.
Alternatives Centre & Cambridge Mental Health will have discussions and a screening of the TV program "Minds on the Edge: Facing Mental Illness.
Central Kansas Mental Health Center has received $45,000 in grants from two health foundations for an updated medical records system. The agency has received $25,000 from the Tower Mental Health Foundation and $20,000 from the Sunflower Foundation: Health Care for Kansas.
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 online environment allows people with mental health problems, as well as their caregivers, connect in a safe and anonymous environment.
COLUMBUS - The Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Seneca, Sandusky and Wyandot Counties was awarded the highest level of certification available through the Ohio Association of Community Behavioral Health Authorities for its overall operations Tuesday. Nancy Cochran, executive director of the local board, accepted the certification at a ceremony in Columbus.
The Mental Health Association in Wilson County is joining the slew of local organizations working to provide happier holidays to area residents. The association's Operation Santa Claus is under way a ...
URBANDALE – A special task force charged with reviewing Iowa’s four mental health institutes will recommend that none of them be shut down. Task force chairman Ro Foege said the state should not consider closing a state mental health institute until Iowa has built a mental health “infrastructure.” “We have no mental health system,” Foege said. “We [...]
URBANDALE, Iowa -- A special task force charged with reviewingIowa’s four mental health institutes will recommend that none ofthem be shut down.
As of November 30th, there have been 26 homeless deaths this year - many with a mental illness - on the wealthiest streets in the country. On any given night, over 4,000 people are homeless in Santa Barbara County: these are families, women, men, children. This isn't an issue. This is a crisis.
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.
New revenue sources should be considered to fill the state's $715 million budget shortfall instead of deep, far-reaching cuts to programs and services, said the state mental health department's chief administrator.
The state plans to lay off more than 300 mental health workers this week, 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.
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.
NAPLES, Fla.----Mental Health Social, LLC is a new social network devoted to mental health issues. The mental health social network enables those with mental health conditions or those interested in learning about those conditions to connect in a comfortable online environment.
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