Posted: 3:04 am EDT The January issue of the Foreign Service Journal is out. The issue is focused on mental health care for the Foreign Service. Dr. Samuel Thielman, a recently retired regional medical officer/psychiatrist for …
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Does Mental Illness Cause Gun Violence? | Care2 Causes
When the nation's eyes turn to an outbreak of shocking violence, we are quick to characterize the episode in vague terms implicating mental illness as the culprit. We refer to “crazy” acts, “pure insanity” or “madmen.”.
Mental Health Care Expert Responds to Obama's Gun Control Plan …
KINGSTON — One of the president's key points in reducing gun violence was beefing up mental health background checks to prevent firearms getting into the wrong hands. “If we can continue to de-stigmatize mental health …
Better Access to Mental Health Care in Gun Plan Welcomed | WNEP …
WILKES-BARRE — President Obama's executive actions on gun control include spending $500 million to improve mental health care treatment. The idea is to keep those with mental health issues from getting their hands on …
Clinton to Unveil Autism Plan, Remove Stigma on Mental Illness
At the same town hall, Clinton also talked about the need to remove the stigma from mental illnesses and enforce mental health parity law after the mother of a 16-year-old boy with mental illness in an in-patient program told …