N.H. mental health: from success to suit
Decline attributed to funding, politics It's a historical point that makes the present more striking: New Hampshire, now under fire for confining too many mentally ill people in institutions, was once admired for developing a community mental health system. Attorneys who filed a class-action lawsuit last week on behalf of people with serious mental illness drew attention to that contrast, noting ...
Most Teens Who Self-Harm Are Not Evaluated for Mental Health in ER
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Most children and teens who deliberately injure themselves are discharged from emergency rooms without an evaluation of their mental health, a new study shows.
Canadians talk about mental health like never before on Bell Let's Talk Day
Canadians talk about mental health like never before on Bell Let's Talk Day
Mental Health 'Bible' Under Fire
More than 11,000 people have signed an online petition calling for a review of the changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Proposed Utah mental health drug law poses risks, critics say
Proposed Utah mental health drug law poses risks, critics say By Julia Lyon The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 10, 2012 05:13PM MDT A proposal to create a “preferred” drug list for mental health patients on Medicaid has placed community advocates — once again — on the defensive. They believe any such list could limit medication access for a vulnerable population whose drugs are often finely ...
Employers Meet to Learn How to Deal with Mental Health in the Workplace
Employers Meet to Learn How to Deal with Mental Health in the Workplace
Editorial: Local mental-health-care initiative key to reform
The creation of a specialized court in Forsyth County designed to help nonviolent mentally ill people get treatment instead of going to jail is a critically important milestone in the continuing local effort to reform mental-health care.
Mental-health commitment, court order end latest case against Erie animal hoarder
A 70-year-old Erie woman who has been hoarding dogs and cats since 1990 has been indefinitely committed to a mental-health institution, ending the most recent investigation against her for animal cruelty and neglect charges.
Course teaches mental health first aid to police department employees
Unfortunately it was a scenario Michael Shanks, a longtime Lawrence police officer, was familiar with. I was not.
High cost of mental health failure
Failing to tackle mental health problems among people with conditions such as diabetes and heart disease is costing the NHS billions every year, researchers have said.
