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Mental Health: Self Awareness | Aden Ng

To me, self-awareness in mental health isn't just about knowing you have a problem. It's not just about seeing a doctor either. It's a lot more complicated than that. It's about learning from the worst of yourself. Before 2013, I …

Here's Obama's New Plan to Tighten Gun Laws | Mother Jones

A $500 million investment in mental-health services. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms, and Explosives will announce a rule requiring background checks for people who purchase weapons through a trust or …

Mental illness and homelessness – fiscal myopia strikes again | Bill …

The mentally ill fall into this category. Most of us are ill equipped to handle a fellow citizen in deep mental crisis shaking and frothing in front of us. It is an incredibly confronting situation that makes most of us deeply …

Earnest says GOP not serious about tackling mental health …

White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Monday accused House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, and all congressional Republicans, of being insincere when it comes to tackling mental illness. Well, I will say that there's a …

Veterans Say Trained Dogs Help With PTSD, But The VA Won't Pay …

Most veterans who apply for a service dog have PTSD, often on top of physical disabilities, according to Terri Stringer, assistant executive director of Patriot PAWS. "We have 100 veterans on our list waiting for dogs, so we …