Month: February 2016

Forget about a mental health revolution without new cash | Polly …

Suicide rates are rising, as is self-harming, with services so bad that lives are “put on hold or ruined” for lack of care, with mental health patients dying 15 to 20 years earlier than others. Beds are so scarce that 2,000 acutely ill …

SignHealth says “enough is enough” to government on Deaf mental …

'Mental health services for Deaf people are already shockingly poor. These announcements make a bad situation worse. Most Deaf people do not have access to psychological therapies on the same basis as hearing people.

Covering Your Health Special Report: Battling mental illness | KIMT 3

We talk to two people in our area who fight mental illness on a daily basis.

Rhode Island May Add PTSD to MMJ Condition List – Marijuana …

Rhode Island's three medical cannabis dispensaries could be in for a big boost in their customer base if a proposal to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of qualifying MMJ conditions becomes law. A Rhode Island …

Family Members Search Ferndale For Missing Woman With …

They say that she is medicated for schizophrenia and my be unstable without it. Jeremy said about 16 people will be out on the search for Angela on Monday night. “We're going to divide up the areas of Ferndale so we can …