Psychiatric System Crunch Worsens
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Because of a shortage of beds at Maryland psychiatric hospitals, a growing number of patients, including many who are involuntarily committed, are spending days in emergency rooms, often in violation of a state law that mandates that they be placed at a comprehensive care facility within 30 hours of...
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NEW YORK  - The psychological needs of U.S. military personnel and their families are straining the current mental health services of the military, concludes an American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force charged with looking into the issue.
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Authorities here say they're still having a horrendous time dealing with the mentally ill, more than two years after Hurricane Katrina washed away a massive mental hospital that has yet to be replaced.
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Many private workers are returning home with combat-related mental health problems, but their problems often go ignored or are inadequately treated.
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Maximum-security confinement may be pushing already unstable criminals -- "the worst of the worst" -- toward mental breakdown. And that's not good for any of us
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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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The struggles of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta are emblematic of the crippling effect Americaâs health care crisis has had on public hospitals around the nation.
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Women with severe premenstrual syndrome may have a depressed nervous system, research suggests.
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BUENOS AIRES -- With her carry-on backpack hanging from one shoulder, Veronica Taussag had a few minutes to spare before she was scheduled to report to her boarding gate. Bypassing a magazine stand and a coffee shop, she headed toward the latest in airport terminal services: her psychiatrist.
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Britain is over-reliant on anti-depressants and faces a crisis in mental health care, says Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.
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Opposition to Government proposals to locate the Central Mental Hospital in the new Mountjoy prison complex escalated today. The Irish College of Psychiatrists joined the Stateâs mental health watchdog, patients
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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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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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Research suggests people from broken homes may be more prone to psychotic illnesses like schizophrenia.
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Shifting resources to the launch of a depression therapy will hurt now, but should pay off later.
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Improvements in mental health services for NHS patients have cut suicide rates to the lowest yet, according to a report.
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NHS management and psychiatrists have combined to attack proposals to reform mental health laws.