America, Where a Gun, but Not Mental Health Care… November 7, 2015 by Mark Shea Leave a Comment …is a God-given right. Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Gun Violence is a Prolife Issue Too Leave a Com […]

Dr. John Mateczun is president of the UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans. Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D., is president of Give an Hour, a nonprofit organization providing free mental health services to U.S. […]

Colleen Kelly Starkloff, co-founder and co-director of the Starkloff Disability Institute, is being honored with the Disability Awareness Award from the Missouri Commission on Human Rights, a division of the […]

S. 1893 would reauthorize and make several changes to grant programs administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) related to awareness, identification, and prevention of […]

The study's lead author, Dr. Thomas McAllister, says what was surprising was the significant improvement it had on PTSD symptoms, symptoms of depression, and post-concussive complaints. “Anytime you see a r […]

Often people fret about who will pay for “free” healthcare. One solution more communities should look at is a private-public partnership between the local hospital and the government. In Orange County, Flo […]

In real-world settings, patients with schizophrenia whose symptoms do not respond to standard antipsychotic medications have better outcomes if they are switched to clozapine instead of another standard […]

PTSD research investigating self-compassion and mindfulness practices in lowering trauma symptoms in patients suffering from post-traumatic stress.

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Bethesda, MD (HDSIAC) — Approximately 7-8% of Americans are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at some point in their lifetimes. Military personnel exposed to trauma are at a particularly high r […]

Murphy Bill proponents point to a lack of institutionally or medically directed mental health treatment as being a primary cause of the alarming rise of violent acts such as school shootings and suicide. […]

Murphy Bill proponents point to a lack of institutionally or medically directed mental health treatment as being a primary cause of the alarming rise of violent acts such as school shootings and suicide. […]

The News Tribune editorializes: Move legislation to improve mental health services … Western State is just a small piece of a larger, national failure to provide adequate mental health services. The symptoms […]

ICYMI, Hayden Panettiere voluntarily entered treatment last month after battling postpartum depression following the birth of her daughter Kaya in December 2014 — and according to her Nashville costar Riley S […]

Earlier this fall, at the Minnesota Association of Deaf Citizens' biennial conference in St. Cloud, the Minnesota Department of Human Services' (DHS) mental health program for people who are deaf, deafblind […]

Schizophrenia is a difficult mental illness that affects about one percent of the population in the United States. The condition is chronic, severe, and disabling often preventing an individual from living […]

With Mental Health Awareness Week drawing to a close, the question of how members of the Case Western Reserve University community can continue the conversation comes to the forefront. Thanks to a $300,000 […]

A life-changing accident in 2009 left PEI school bus driver Ann Ramsay with paralysis of the lower body. Ramsay retrained and went back to work as a receptionist. She also added disability rights activist to […]

The mental illness phase has wrapped up in the trial of a man who was convicted of killing a Mankato woman.

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There's an old saying among dog owners that people don't pick their pet, the pet chooses the person. Chad Fleming believes that was the case when he adopted Mikko from Ruff Start Rescue last […]

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy May Be Key To Treating Seasonal Affective Disorder; Talking Away The Winter Blues. Nov 5, 2015 04:36 PM By Samantha Olson. Winter Blues. Seasonal affective disorder makes people […]