Budget Writers Hear Requests For More Mental Health Funds
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Pleas for more money for mental health care, substance-abuse counseling and services for the disabled dominated a public hearing in Fairfax County yesterday before General Assembly budget writers, who came to George Mason University to listen to the wants and needs of Northern Virginians.
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) is expected to propose spending more than $40 million today to begin overhauling the state's mental health system, which has come under intense scrutiny since 32 people were killed this year at Virginia Tech by a gunman with a history of psychiatric problems, according to...
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Measures to tackle rising public health problems are being hit by a lack of funds, health chiefs say.
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US cancer specialists issued an urgent appeal this weekend for more budget allocations for cancer research, which have been decreasing in the country for four years threatening to delay introduction of new treatments.
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Virginia lacks experienced psychiatrists to evaluate the mentally ill, there aren't enough beds for those seeking emergency treatment in many areas and hospitals are losing money on mentally ill patients, according to a state government report.
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The article &quot;Report Faults Child Mental Health Care&quot; [Metro in Brief, Sept. 28] misrepresents the focus and findings of a Government Accountability Office study, &quot;DC Child and Family Services Agency: More
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The Department of Veterans Affairs this week doubled the disability benefits of a West Virginia soldier who has been fighting for more compensation since he returned from Iraq, and assured him that he will receive immediate access to more mental health services to treat his post-traumatic stress ...
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California&#39;s trauma-care system lurches from crisis to crisis with patchwork funding and needs statewide planning and a permanent place in the budget if it is to survive, experts told a joint state hearing Tuesday.
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The Martin government is considering a substantial fund to make it easier for patients to receive treatment outside their home province as Ottawa focuses on reducing
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Rural doctors are calling on the coalition and Labor to guarantee enough funding to ensure small rural hospitals can keep their doors open.
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The 2005 federal budget falls far short of meeting the health-care needs of this country&#39;s military veterans. Congress needs to look at budget priorities and find more money to help these deserving men and women.
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The Pentagon's top health official said Thursday he wants to see better mental health assessments, stronger privacy protections and a "buddy system" to change the military's stigma against seeking help for anxiety and depression.
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Slow-moving efforts to improve Virginia's mental health system, including changing the way mentally ill people are monitored and when they can be committed, have accelerated in the two months since Seung Hui Cho killed 32 people at Virginia Tech and could be in place as soon as next year.
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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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Texas' troubled Child Protective Services needs &#36;329 million for reforms such as hiring nearly 2,000 more caseworkers and support staff and improving foster care, state officials said.
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Schools are struggling to cope with increasing numbers of pupils with mental health problems, research suggests.
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Veterans Affairs nominee James Peake says he wants to work quickly to improve mental health care for veterans such as by placing more staff at VA clinics to fight soldiers' resistance to getting treatment for depression.