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Mental health resources National Alliance on Mental Illness in Memphis, 725-0305, or visit the Web site at nami-memphis.org. If you or someone you know is suicidal, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-(800)-273-8255.
Researchers have discovered a new explanation for differences in the severity of mental illness in males. The more excess copies of a certain gene, the more serious the handicap. The genetic defect is situated on the X-chromosome; and it is suspected that it is the amount of copies of the GDI1 gene that is responsible.
DES MOINES — As officials look to slash the state budget, ahighly anticipated report recommending the closure of one of thestate’s four mental health institutions is expected thisweek.
Mental Health Mental Retardation Services of Texoma's mission is to provide services that improve quality of life and support self-determination for persons with mental, intellectual, and developmental disabilities.
A man with a history of mental health problems attacked Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, knocking out two of his teeth and forcing him to be rushed to hospital with a blood-splattered face.
Patrolman Rob Lusk described the 40-hour training he received last month on how to better respond to people suffering from a mental crisis as "eye opening.
PEKIN — Tazwood Mental Health Center has finished construction of its new housing facility, Prairie View Villas. The apartment complex holds 15 furnished, one-bedroom apartments and offers permanent housing for people with serious mental illness. Fourteen units are for tenants, with one apartment reserved for a live-in staff member who will oversee the building, said Chief Executive Officer of ...
The decade is almost over, and we're feeling a bit nostalgic. What better thing to look back on than our favorite couples of the decade? The most epic of love stories, Luke and Laura were kept apart for the lion's share of this decade, due to Laura's mental illness.
CADILLAC - One girl in my group is crying. She is struck by the Challenge Day leaders’ testimonies about their broken families, substance abuse, mental illness, and being victims of bullying. Their stories strike a chord within me, too, though my tears aren’t flowing - yet.
Maddy Boehrer had her first struggle with mental illness when she was 9 years old.She was put in a psychiatric hospital for nearly three months. When it was over, her parents had a $54,000 hospital bill."We did all the right things. We both worked. We paid our health insurance premiums every month. And still, we couldn’t afford her care,” said Susan Boehrer, who is director of the Oklahoma ...
Join us at noon Monday for a live chat about our Prescription to Addiction series. Our guest experts are Orman Hall, executive director of the Fairfield County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health board, and Dr. Richard Whitney, addiction services director at Shepherd Hill in Newark.
Their deaths came shortly after leaving the Greene County Jail. Jackie Tindle was a middle-aged man with a history of mental illness. He was found in a north Springfield ditch about 19 hours after getting out of the lockup.
Maddy Boehrer had her first break with reality when she was 9.
It's not just any old Christmas party.
Tuesday's shooting was the third high-profile case in two years in which law enforcement officers in the Sacramento region have killed someone acting aggressively and exhibiting signs of mental illness during a confrontation.
Mental illness can be an irregular visitor, such as with Debra Brittenum's daughter Jeannette, 40, who committed suicide in October after a bout with depression.Or mental illness can be a constant companion, as it was for Jonathan Haines, 24 . His parents watched their son battle eight psychiatric diagnoses before he took his life in July 2008.Mental illness can be a small part of a person's ...
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