Month: January 2016

The California Bar Has Apparently Already Stopped Asking About …

When I clicked through, I saw the following statement (without attribution) that β€œIn California, the State Bar has removed its question asking about mental health diagnosis and treatment.” For the past year or so, I've been talking …

Local health departments key to expanding mental health care in US

Drexel's professors found that of the 505 local health departments they studied, between 30 and 40 percent provided some form of mental health care services. Additionally, those that provided services were found to be seven …

Brain Wiring Changes Might Help Guard Against Bipolar Disorder …

5, 2016 (HealthDay News) β€” Naturally occurring brain wiring changes might help prevent bipolar disorder in people who have a high genetic risk for the mental illness, a new study suggests. The discovery about these brain …

Brain Connectivity Changes Can Protect Against Bipolar Disorder …

Naturally occurring changes in brain wiring can help patients at high genetic risk of developing bipolar disorder avert the onset of the illness, according to a new study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at …

NPR: Service Dogs & PTSD | Serving Together

More and more veterans are using service dogs to help cope with their Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) will not pay for veterans to receive the highly trained service …