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The latest PAR report, “Public Mental Health Care in Louisiana,” evaluates the state’s system of public mental health care. The report provides an overview of the system and focuses on several issues that are barriers for those who seek treatment for mental illness.
It shouldn't require a hero to fix this. Judge Steven Leifman certainly qualifies for the appellation, leading (or, more accurately, dragging) Miami-Dade away from ineffective, costly, cruel policies that turned the Miami-Dade County jail into the nation's second-largest mental-health ward (after the Los Angeles County Jail) .
BUCKSPORT, Maine -- The Bucksport Regional Health Center will receive $2.4 million in federal stimulus funds for expansion to provide mental health services and chronic care counseling at the facility.
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BREWER, Maine -- Several people from the area spoke passionately during Monday's planning board meeting for and against a proposed outpatient counseling center on Center Street for clients with substance abuse and mental health problems.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state Department of Health and Human Resources wants the state Supreme Court to overturn a Kanawha judges orders regarding West Virginias mental health care system. The state agency on Monday filed a motion to stay orders issued ...
People at the Mental Health Association of Jefferson County's drop in center fundraised for a new pool table, but it never came, even after the check was cashed.
As many as 25,000 health care workers in the mental health and substance abuse field could be out of a job under new state requirements to help reel in health care costs with better oversight and more accountability.
Burnout has long been a problem for small business owners who throw themselves into their companies. The struggling economy makes it worse, and the stress of the holiday season can add to the misery. The signs are clear: exhaustion, irritability,... Stress - Small business - Health - Business - Mental Health
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Department of Health and Human Resources wants the state Supreme Court to overturn a circuit judges orders regarding West Virginias mental health care system.The state agency on Monday filed a motion to stay orders issued earlier t...
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Federal Health and Human Services officials announced Wednesday that Portland nonprofit Central City Concern has been awarded $8.9 million in stimulus funds to turn the former Burger King site on Northwest Burnside Street into a new mental health services clinic. Central City Concern officials ...
A health center in Bucksport is getting nearly $2,500,000 to help it meet the needs of patients in the area. The money comes from the federal stimulus plan. The Bucksport Regional Health Center will use the $2.46 million to add mental health services and counseling for patients with chroni . . .
The latest PAR report, “Public Mental Health Care in Louisiana,” evaluates the state’s system of public mental health care. The report provides an overview of the system and focuses on several issues that are barriers for those who seek treatment for mental illness.
Brookwood Medical Center plans to start construction on its mental health expansion mid-January, hospital officials said at a ceremony this morning celebrating the project. The 17,500-square-foot addition will bring Brookwood's psychiatric bed total to 138, making Brookwood the state's largest...
An inmate was accused of exposing himself Tuesday to a mental health intern at the Palm Beach County Jail and briefly holding her to suppress her screams.
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