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Baby killer Ineta Dzinguviene's mental health to be assessed - BBC News
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Baby killer Ineta Dzinguviene's mental health to be assessed
BBC News
A woman jailed for murdering her newborn son and who is now being sought in her homeland over another baby's death may be suffering from mental health problems, a court has heard. Lithuanian Ineta Dzinguviene was found guilty of killing the baby boy ...
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Mental Health Services Expand for Youth in County - Patch.com
Mental Health Services Expand for Youth in County
Patch.com
By Dave Colby Family & Children Services has expanded its mental health services for children and youth whose families are low-income and live in Santa Clara County. The services are provided at the F&CS office in Palo Alto.
Bills mandating coverage for mental, other illness pass assembly - North Bay Business Journal
Bills mandating coverage for mental, other illness pass assembly
North Bay Business Journal
By Dan Verel, Business Journal Staff Reporter CALIFORNIA — Two recently passed state Assembly bills will require private health insurers to cover the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses and developmental disorders such as autism.
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Mental Health System Changes Readied In La., Iowa, Texas - Kaiser Health News
Mental Health System Changes Readied In La., Iowa, Texas
Kaiser Health News
Louisiana, Iowa and Texas are facing major changes to their mental health systems. In other news, college students and inmates often face obstacles in getting mental health treatment. A day after state officials announced sharp cuts in local facilities ...
Reorganizing mental health services into regions would boost efficiency ...DesMoinesRegister.com
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More college students seek mental health care - Capital Times (blog)
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More college students seek mental health care
Capital Times (blog)
Now he's back at UW-Madison, where he co-leads a chapter of Active Minds, a national student-run group promoting open conversations about mental illness. Therapy made the difference for Murphy. But he can't get it at school.
Mental health care on campus: Need up, services downSt. Louis Beacon
Gaps persist in campus mental health servicesWisconsinWatch.org
Amid surge in demand, UW students combat mental health stigmasLa Crosse Tribune
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Strength in Numbers - St. George Daily Spectrum
Strength in Numbers
St. George Daily Spectrum
This story is the third in a three-part series exploring mental illness in Southern Utah. Jan. 29 - A look inside the minds and lives of individuals diagnosed with mental illness. Jan. 30 - How mental illnesses are diagnosed and the toll such a ...
NAMI offers family-to-family programVentura County Star
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Living With Mental Illness in Luzira Upper Prison - AllAfrica.com
Living With Mental Illness in Luzira Upper Prison
AllAfrica.com
An inadequate budget for prison health in general, and mental health in particular, is one of the many problems that have produced a critical situation for psychiatric care in Luzira. Over 300 inmates have been diagnosed with mental disorders, ...
Reorganizing mental health services into regions would boost efficiency ... - DesMoinesRegister.com
Reorganizing mental health services into regions would boost efficiency ...
DesMoinesRegister.com
Nate Breitfelder on mental health: Nate Breitfelder, 34, lives in Dubuque, but receives mental health services from Jackson County, where his parents live. Listen as Nate shares some thoughts about his life. Nate Breitfelder, 34, of Dubuque must have ...
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Mental health services may move - Isle of Man Today
Mental health services may move
Isle of Man Today
WHICH part of government would be the best place for the island's mental health service? That is the question being asked by the Council of Ministers. On its behalf, the chief secretary's office is leading an exercise to clarify which part of ...
Is Mental Health Service better placed in Dept of Health?3FM
Harmonising the government bureaucracy symphonyEureka Street
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Group goes to court over SC inmate mental health - Live 5 News
Group goes to court over SC inmate mental health
Live 5 News
COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - An advocacy group's lawsuit accusing South Carolina's prisons agency of violating the rights of mentally ill inmates is getting a hearing. Circuit Court Judge Michael Baxley on Monday is expected to begin hearing arguments in a case ...
FOX Carolina 21Group goes to court over SC inmate mental healthWHNS Greenville
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County system has many traveling for care - DesMoinesRegister.com
County system has many traveling for care
DesMoinesRegister.com
Nate Breitfelder on mental health: Nate Breitfelder, 34, lives in Dubuque, but receives mental health services from Jackson County, where his parents live. Listen as Nate shares some thoughts about his life. Nate Breitfelder, 34, of Dubuque must have ...
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Construction under way on new Bryce Hospital - Tuscaloosa News
Construction under way on new Bryce Hospital
Tuscaloosa News
A new access road off Helen Keller Boulevard has been completed leading to the construction site, said John Ziegler, spokesman for the Alabama Department of Mental Health. The foundation of the 225000-square-foot building is under construction, ...
Work begun on new $81M Bryce HospitalBirmingham Business Journal
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Grief is normal, not a mental illness - Springfield News-Leader
Grief is normal, not a mental illness
Springfield News-Leader
The current discussion among the psychiatric community regarding a change to make grief a mental health diagnosis is a glaring example of American unwillingness to deal with the unpleasant, but inevitable human experiences of death and grief.
Mentally ill get punishment instead of treatment - Jeff Gerritt, DFP columnist - Democratic Underground
Mentally ill get punishment instead of treatment - Jeff Gerritt, DFP columnist
Democratic Underground
Michigan Department of Corrections Criminal Negligence: This is the first in an occasional series of columns and editorials on mental illness and Michigan's criminal justice and mental health care system. On Jan. 10 of last year, corrections officers ...
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Group goes to court over SC inmate mental health - Aiken Standard
Group goes to court over SC inmate mental health
Aiken Standard
"Persons suffering from mental illness are vulnerable under the best of circumstances," the advocacy group argued. "In a prison setting, however, inmates with mental illness are particularly vulnerable to physical, sexual, mental and emotional abuse.
Jeff Gerritt: Mentally ill get punishment instead of treatmentDetroit Free Press
FOX Carolina 21Group goes to court over SC inmate mental healthWHNS Greenville
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LSU system planning on severe mental health cuts - FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
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LSU system planning on severe mental health cuts
FOX 8 News WVUE-TV
Mayor Mitch Landrieu makes a plea to state leaders for the sake of the city's mental health services. The LSU hospital system braces for nearly $30 million in cuts from the state, and now, more than 39 mental health beds are on the line.
Mayor Landrieu urges state leaders to reconsider mental health cutsNOLA.com
State budget cuts to slash number of hospital bedsWWL
LSU hospital system plugs budget holeThe Advocate
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Forsyth officials start mental-health court - Winston-Salem Journal
Forsyth officials start mental-health court
Winston-Salem Journal
Victor Armstrong, community operations manager for CenterPoint Health Services, talks about the mental health court starting in Forsyth County. (more) Forsyth County is starting a specialized court designed to get treatment for mentally ill people ...
Olympian Clara Hughes describes her 'spiral of darkness' in mental illness ... - Vancouver Sun
Olympian Clara Hughes describes her 'spiral of darkness' in mental illness ...
Vancouver Sun
Hughes stood centre ice at Scotiabank Place arena Saturday night as spokeswoman for the Bell Let's Talk campaign, which encourages Canadians to talk about mental illness. Daron's parents, Ottawa Senators assistant coach Luke Richardson and his wife ...
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Revised Autism Definition Too Important to Rush Into Print: View - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Revised Autism Definition Too Important to Rush Into Print: View
Bloomberg
An expert panel has taken a new crack at that question, proposing a redefinition of autism and related conditions for the manual used by US mental health professionals. The plan has aroused fears that it may strip many people of a diagnosis and thus ...
TV, video games appeal to kids with autism disordersColumbia Daily Tribune
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'Educate to erase mental illness stigma' - The Borneo Post
'Educate to erase mental illness stigma'
The Borneo Post
KUALA LUMPUR: Mental Health Promotion Advisory Council member Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye yesterday called on non-governmental organisations, charitable foundations and the government to focus on educating the society on mental illness, to erase the stigma ...
Educate To Erase Mental Illness Stigma Says Lee Lam ThyeBernama
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