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DHCS Affirms that 'Katie A.' Services Aren't Just for Foster Youth

In May, Young Minds Advocacy wrote to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requesting action to end the prohibition on providing intensive community-based mental healthcare to as many as 15,000 …

DCF, Partners Continue to Coordinate Behavioral Health Services in …

DCF, Partners Continue to Coordinate Behavioral Health Services in Pinellas County as Directed by Governor's Executive Order. Steering Committee Named to Pilot the Project. TALLAHASSEE – As directed by Governor Rick …

WVU professor's prevention-focused mental health care education …

When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2009, it brought with it new availability of social work services. Even more importantly, experts say, it signaled a change in preventative mental health care – identifying and helping …

Identifying Postpartum Depression at an early stage with mHealth …

However, is estimated that 10 to 15% of new adult mothers develop Postpartum Depression (PPD) within the first year after giving birth, and the percentage increases up to 26% in adolescent mothers [1]. Furthermore, a recent …

sometimes i wonder …

I know that bringing awareness to ending the stigma of mental illness is one of the best things we get to do with the platform we’ve got up on that stage. But there are nights when I hear about fans of ours who have committed suicide that I wonder if we’re doing the right thing in talking about it. …