Category Archives: NPR

Mental health needs urgent extra funding to avert crisis, say trust …

In 2015-16 that fell to 11% – a transfer of funding from mental health to acute trusts. Nationally, mental ill-health currently accounts for more than 25% of the total disease burden, but mental health services receive less than …

'Broken' soldier with PTSD not criminally responsible for killing wife …

Assistant Crown attorney Suzanne Schriek accepted that Howard Richmond had PTSD but argued that Melissa Richmond's homicide was a premeditated act.

VA leases space for mental health services in Lafayette | KLFY

Lafayette, LA – The Department of Veterans Affairs has signed a lease with James Charles McDaniel, MD for space to house mental health services for the veterans of Acadiana. The new clinic will be located at 309 St. Julien …

On This Rock: Postpartum Depression and Priesthood

I don't know the ins and outs of postpartum depression, but I've certainly talked with and worked with moms who battle the post-birth blues. Often times, in the wake of giving birth to a new child, partly due to physical …

Largest Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder Caregiver …

In recognition of National Family Caregivers Month, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced results of “A Large-Scale Survey of Caregivers of Persons with Schizophrenia and/or Schizoaffective Disorder Designed to …