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.
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.
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.