Panelists at a recent event co-hosted by the Alliance for Health Reform and The Commonwealth Fund discussed how to incorporate mental health care into a primary care setting.

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Mental illness? It falls into the same category as drug addiction and sexual abuse and is yet another unspoken taboo in our world. We try to pretend that these issues don't exist and if anyone does get up the […]

For the past 30 years The Bridgeview Community Support Program has served Anoka County adults living with serious and persistent mental illness. Bridgeview offers its members a setting that promotes: social […]

Despite ongoing efforts to educate the public about mental health, many misconceptions remain. Before the stigma can be stopped, these five mental health myths need to be debunked:

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A schizophrenic woman who was nine months pregnant walked away from a Moreno Valley hospital Monday morning, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, prompting investigators to ask for the […]

The panel, “Examining the Intersection of Mental Health and Social Justice,” featured several local experts who discussed mental health in Chicago, particularly pertaining to the thousands of Chicagoans ann […]

This post looks into the challenges faced by parents diagnosed with bipolar disorder and provides some insight into how to develop a recovery plan inclusive of the well-being of their children. The Bipolar […]

There is not enough money for mental health services, leaving different teams fighting for scraps.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday outlined a wide-ranging plan to support and treat New Yorkers suffering from mental illness. As WCBS 880's Rich Lamb reported, de Blasio saluted the b […]

Cougars embrace mental health awareness. Major midget team has big day planned for Friday. Trevor Sprague has reached the conclusion that coaching today is a lot more than X's and O's. “I feel like a c […]

Mental health courts sound like a great idea—just like the drug courts that inspired them. People with psychiatric disorders often have difficulty controlling their behavior; if you treat them effectively, y […]

Economic Outlook Remains Positive, but homeless numbers increase. Time to Update the Mental Health Services Act. November 23, 2015. Last week two very important sets of numbers were released showing the […]

Download a PDF of “Measuring Specific Mental Illness Diagnoses with Functional Impairment” by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for free. Description: The workshop summarized in […]

Alan Reid, Liberal Democrat candidate for Argyll & Bute, has called on the SNP Government to increase support for mental health services in Scotland. Mr.

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Abstract: Background:The aim of this study was to explore the effectiveness of Internet-delivered cognitive-behavioral therapy (iCBT) in treating fibromyalgia (FM) compared with an identical protocol using […]

Donald Trump May Actually Be Suffering From Narcissistic Personality Disorder, U.S. Clinical Psychologists Break Down His Suspected Mental Illness. Val Powell. TV personality and now presidential candidate […]

States cut five billion dollars in mental health services from 2009 to 2012, according to USA Today. A new article online in Annals of Emergency.

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk is launching a new unit Monday aimed at helping offenders who are suffering from mental illness. She is expected to give more details about t […]

The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) was developed in the USA as a valuable screening tool for detecting GAD in primary care patients [15]. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 (GAD-2) is a short version […]

Demand for psychiatrists is growing but the healthcare community needs to get its own house in order if we are to fill the gaps in recruitment.

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