Category Archives: Mental Health Awareness

Colleen Kelly Starkloff Honored With Disability Awareness Award …

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 Missouri …

S. 1893, Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2015 …

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 substance …

Study Finds ADHD Drug May Aid PTSD Symptoms | News – Indiana …

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 robust kind …

Free Mental Health Care Makes Financial Sense | World of …

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, Florida, a mental …

Better Options for Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia …

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 antipsychotic.