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by Josh Boatwright • jboatwri@gannett.com ASHEVILLE – Tracy Mixson knows encounters between police and people with mental illnesses can be scary, even dangerous at times. Officers often walk into volatile situations, talking people out of suicide or taking them into custody if they might endanger...
Today's mother often juggles full-time employment, household chores and parenting, but a growing number of women are taking on yet another responsibility-caring for an aging loved one. ... Next week, as Americans observe both Mother's Day and Mental Health Month, Mental...
Ocean County spent nearly $20 million last year on mental health services, Freeholder Gerry P. Little said. ... During May, which is Mental Health Awareness Month, he said dozens of programs and workshops are being held to focus on those issues. "The culture of dealing...
WASHINGTON, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seven youth from the Washington Metropolitan area were recognized today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) during National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C., for...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Crystal Borde, +1-202-331-4323, for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; or SAMHSA Press Office, +1- 240-276-2134 Keke Palmer, Marc Indelicato, Herschel Walker and 35 non-profit and professional organizations joined SAMHSA to increase awareness...
This week is dedicated to kids with mental illness. ... Posted Thursday, May 8, 2008 ; 04:36 PM Updated Thursday, May 8, 2008 ; 05:51 PM BECKLEY- -- This week is dedicated to kids living with mental illness. The Crossroads Mall is where local mental health providers set...
SAMHSA Celebrates National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day By Recognizing Youth for Their Resiliency Keke Palmer, Marc Indelicato, Herschel Walker and 35 non-profit and professional organizations joined SAMHSA to increase awareness of children's mental health...
Today is “Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day.” Some of you may remember that I suffered from an eating disorder in my late teens. I have also suffered from depression a great portion of my life and it wasn’t until my early 30’s before I was diagnosed. According to a report published by the...
By Kathleen Wilson Ventura County has won $670,000 in state funding to expand a nationally recognized program for people struggling with both mental illness and substance abuse. Psychologist Linda Gertson, who oversees the program, said new sites will probably open in July in Ventura and the east...
Editorial: As a sporadic client of Cascadia Behavior Healthcare, it saddens me to read the recent headlines about its financial problems. For many of us, the mentally ill, Cascadia is a lifeline, a comfortable place to go when we desperately need help. I've found Cascadia's counselors and staff...
By RICHARD DeVAUL, M.D. Professor of Psychiatry, Texas A&M May 7, 2008— "and one flew east, one flew west, one flew over the cuckoo's nest." So starts the famous book chronicling our mental health system in the 1950s, best known for Jack Nicholson's portrayal of a sane but wild inmate in the...
