Short session likely to limit mental health debate
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Virginia&#39;s mental health care system is plagued by bed shortages, aging state hospitals and inadequate staffing. Faced with all that, the short 2005 session of the General
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Our position is: State must find a way to provide better support for families of the mentally ill. Pamela Wohlhieter says being the mother of a son with paranoid schizophrenia often feels like crawling out of a &quot;bottomless pit.
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A provocative public service campaign on childrenâs psychiatric disorders has raised hackles as much as awareness.
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An investigation finds people with mental health problems and learning disabilities often receive poor treatment.
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More than half of America's prison and jail inmates have symptoms of a mental health problem, the Justice Department estimated Wednesday. But fewer than one-third of those with problems are getting treatment behind bars.
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Mental health inpatients have to put up with poor and untherapeutic conditions on the wards, a survey finds.
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The revelation that Steven P. Kazmierczak stopped taking Prozac before fatally shooting five college students and himself is likely to fuel the debate over the drugâs risks and benefits.
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Spurred by the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the Democratic-led House of Representatives is expected to approve a bill to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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A bill that would require health insurers to cover more of the costs of treating mental health conditions moved forward in Congress on Wednesday with wide backing from employers and insurers.
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Two studies suggest that treatment of depression, either with psychotherapy or drugs, reduces the risk of suicide attempts in all age groups, especially during the first months of treatment.
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Walking just two or three hours per week may lower womenâs chances of developing dementia, researchers at Harvard found. The study at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Womenâs
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Vague but certain threats Â made in the presence of a psychiatrist, no less Â are not enough to send an unrepentant patient back to prison.
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For decades, Michigan has suffered attention deficit disorder on the issue of mental health. It&#39;s now getting overdue focus in Lansing.
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A new body will be set up to coordinate health research, but doctors fear it could lead to a cut in the budget.
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RICHMOND, Jan. 28 -- The Virginia General Assembly continued to move forward Monday to overhaul how the state cares for people with mental illness, promising to fix a system whose flaws were exposed last year after the shootings at Virginia Tech.
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Doctors aim to uncover what causes one of the most common mental health problems - social anxiety disorder.
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A patient in a vegetative state can communicate using her thoughts, according to research.