AG Coakley Announces $8M In Grants For Mental Health, Substance Abuse
BOSTON (AP) — Applications are being accepted for $8 million in grants designed to improve the delivery of mental health and substance abuse services in Massachusetts. State Attorney General Martha...
View ArticleHomeless find safe haven at Coast Mental Health
ho“I’m inside the church and it’s wonderful it’s actually one of the best places I’ve had in a long time.” Gerald Singh is homeless. With the sub-zero temperatures across the Lower Mainland, he is...
View Article‘Broken’ mental-health system made a few improvements this year
By now, we know the routine, whether the dateline is Newtown or the Navy Yard or a school in Columbine. Once the carnage is grimly detailed, the experts are marshaled to explain to us “how it could...
View ArticleNHRMC, Coastal Horizons may team to provide better mental health care
Among the hospitals working toward their own solution is New Hanover Regional Medical Center, which is discussing a partnership with Coastal Horizons that could divert a large percentage of patients...
View ArticleResponding to the mental health needs of adolescents
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than 4 million children and adolescents in this country suffer from serious mental illness. Of children ages 9 to 17, about 21...
View ArticleHealthcare Expansion Won’t Overload Hospitals
Critics of healthcare expansion in the U.S. argue that it will increase the number who people who seek treatment in costly emergency rooms. A Science study published in January found that poor people...
View ArticleUSA: Great Workplaces For Your Mental Health
This week the American Psychological Association announced awards to four employers it says offer the most psychologically healthy places to work in North America. They range from a small catering...
View ArticleRutgers: Taking mental health out of the shadows
It’s a realm where shadows too often prevail. But every May a spotlight is turned on in an effort to dispel these shadows. For the past 65 years, May has been Mental Health Month, so designated in...
View ArticleMental Health Service Improving for Patients
Mental health centers across the country have been developing ways to improve their quality of service for patients who are in need of mental care. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has spent $54.6...
View ArticleWhere the Police Are Part of Mental-Health Care
It’s almost 4 p.m., and officers Ernest Stevens and Ned Bandoske have been driving around town in their black unmarked SUV since early this morning. The officers are part of San Antonio’s mental-health...
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