Mental health agency to serve fewer patients
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State officials have agreed to let the Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County serve fewer patients this year but said they will keep monthly tabs on the local agency
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The Health Ministry budget for treating psychiatric patients is short NIS 180 million, according to new research by the nonprofit Taub Center for Social Policy in Jerusalem.
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Some mentally ill patients can be mean or bad just like anyone else, and this is not a problem for psychiatry to fix.
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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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NEW YORK  - Following the US Food and Drug Administration's warning about the possible risk of suicide among teens when they're treated with antidepressant drugs known as SSRIs, the rates of diagnosis and treatment of depression among adults have declined significantly, according to a new report.
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NHS patient waiting lists in England have fallen to their lowest level for 17 years, government figures show.
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A new program to provide low-cost drugs to people with cancer and other serious illnesses has fallen far short of expectations, as just a small number of eligible patients
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Plans designed to cut the number of people who go to hospital instead of their GP are set to unveiled.
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A proposed sweeping consolidation of state health and welfare agencies will have limited impact as long as the programs they oversee remain chronically underfinanced and bafflingly complicated
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St. Joseph&#39;s Regional Health Care will eliminate a 24-bed mental health ward at the former London psychiatric hospital, its management at odds yesterday with workers over whether the reduction will harm the mentally ill.
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An investigation finds people with mental health problems and learning disabilities often receive poor treatment.
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The number of health visitors in England has fallen to its lowest level in 12 years, trade union Amicus says.
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Treating people with depression  -- by means of either medications or psychotherapy -- leads to  a drop in suicide attempts, according to a new report.
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The Independent Police Complaints Commission says half the people who die in custody have mental health problems.
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MENTALLY ill patients were forced to sleep on the floor or kept in seclusion for days because of NSW&#39;s chronically under-resourced mental health system, a forum was told today.
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Funding for services for mentally ill people such as Seung Hui Cho has decreased nearly 10 percent in Virginia since 2000, eroding key programs for thousands of people with non-severe mental disorders, documents and interviews show.
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Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake conceded Wednesday that the agency must do more to reach out to Guard and Reserve troops who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan about the mental health help available to them.