Psychologist Shortage Puts Mentally Ill Out on Street
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Severely mentally ill people in Fairfax County whose families are trying to get them emergency help are being released without receiving treatment -- or even a hearing -- because there are not enough independent psychologists to examine them.
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Mental illness according to experts is assuming an alarming dimension all over the world. The preponderance of such cases is attracting the attention of individuals, governments and non-governmental organisations
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Discrimination is being blamed for high rates of mental health problems amongst gay men and lesbians.
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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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Accra, Dec. 16, GNA - It is estimated that 30 per cent of people in any community would suffer or show symptoms of mental illness in the course of their lives, Dr Sammy Allotey, Medical Director, Pantang Hospital, said on Thursday.
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A survey finds that more than 30m Chinese children are suffering from mental health or behavioural problems.
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A provocative public service campaign on childrenâs psychiatric disorders has raised hackles as much as awareness.
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Psychologists are struggling to understand a rare breed of workers remarkable for the way they flourish under stress.
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Many people are not being treated properly for a common illness that is a silent killer, a watchdog says.
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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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One in six calls to a 24-hour helpline last year concerning mental health came from girls contemplating suicide.
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Nearly two years after Katrina, an overburdened health care system cannot handle the city's mental health emergencies
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As pressures increase on California's mental health system, its workers and advocates say they are forced to do more with a supply of money that seems to shrink each year.
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After two months of public hearings by the state panel investigating the Virginia Tech massacre, one thing has emerged most clearly: The state's system of dealing with the mentally ill is in almost desperate need of repair.
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Mental illness is now the second largest cause for UK workers calling in sick, a report suggests.
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For young people diagnosed with serious mental disorders, the transition from high school to college can be particularly fraught.
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Mental health inpatients have to put up with poor and untherapeutic conditions on the wards, a survey finds.