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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.
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.----OptumHealth Inc., a UnitedHealth Group company , announced today that it has acquired leading global employee assistance program provider PPC Worldwide. As workforces become more global, the acquisition responds to increasing demand around the world for essential services such as employee counseling, work-life balance support and crisis intervention.
Linda Phillips, sitting, Patty Zygutis, left rear, Lynn Furutani with her dog Mimi, and Louis Rodriguez were among the two dozen clients and staff workers with CARE Hawaii's Psychosocial Rehabilitation program who participated in a Tuesday morning rally on Kamehameha Avenue to raise awareness about mental health and the implications of the state's cutting off funds for the PSR program ...
AGAWAM - The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a grass roots organization focused on self-help, support, education and advocacy, dedicated to improving the lives of people with severe mental illnesses.
Worldwide, more than 450 million people live with unmet mental health care needs. Wake Forest University Counseling Professor Donna Henderson co-developed a training course with easy-to-follow lessons that helps nonprofessional community volunteers in developing countries respond to mental health issues.
The issue of the late Beth Stayer’s mental health records will be the topic in a hearing set for 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, in Boone County Circuit Court.
A prison parolee with a mental illness pleaded guilty yesterday to stabbing a neighbor to death for no apparent reason in May.
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Tehama County Chapter Meeting will be from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3 at the Tehama County Department of Education, 1135 Lincoln St., Room A, in Red Bluff.
Influx of money will help deal with increased demand for family services. Soon there could be more help for families struggling with mental health problems. On Wednesday, network180 announced that it has received a $6 million dollar grant from the federal government.
Princeton resident David Mechanic is this year’s winner of the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health, awarded by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). A medical sociologist, Mr. Mechanic is the director of the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Construction of the new Children's Museum of Kansas City building on 5th and Minnesota has made significant process in 2009. The three-story, 81,000 square feet facility will house early childhood education services, family support services and health, oral health and mental health services for young children and their families in Kansas City, Kan., and Wyandotte County.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown.
SELMA — Before and after a person’s school years, the Cahaba Center for Mental Health, a program of the United Way, cares for the intellectual well being of people in Dallas, Wilcox and Perry counties with mental illness, substance abuse or intellectual disabilities.
A schizophrenic man from the UK has been the first person to be jailed under the country’s relatively new laws that require suspects to surrender passwords for encrypted files. The 33 year old man, identified only as ‘JFL’, is currently being detained indefinitely under mental health legislation, but was originally charged with and jailed for refusing [...]
As part of Operation Gobble, Valencia Water Co. also donated 195 turkeys to four other SCV organizations including: SCV Food Pantry, SCV Mental Health Services, Domestic Violence Center and Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers.
LONGMONT – Matt Kramer dropped off 40 boxes of cooked turkey and trimmings Tuesday for clients of The Mental Health Center Serving Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Buying and delivering the Thanksgiving-week meals is an annual rite for Kramer, the owner of Longmont-based Professional Plastering Inc. and a co-owner of the Scuba Shack in Frederick.
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