During the past legislative session, $10 million was appropriated to help schools provide school-based mental health services. Glenace Edwall, director of the state Human Services Department's mental health services, said …
Month: February 2016
mandatory mental illness screening and the drive … – InvestmentWatch
by Ron Paul. undefined. The United States Preventive Services Task Force recently recommended mandatory depression screening for all Americans. The task force wants to force health insurance companies to pay for the …
Zika virus raises issues of both abortion rights and disability rights
Chloe Angyal writes in the Huffington Post about how the Zika virus may put abortion rights and disability rights on a collision course, although the causal connection between Zika and birth defects has not been established.
Study Explores Gene Linked to Schizophrenia – GoodTherapy.org
Two scientists do research in a lab A variant in a gene that escalates synaptic pruning—a process that removes neurons from the brain that are no longer useful—could be linked to schizophrenia, according to a large study …
Monday Mood News: A Step Forward Against The Stigma Around …
It is our sincere hope that through hard work, education, and dedication that the stigma around mental illness will stop. According to the World Health Organization, 450 million people around the world suffer from some kind of …