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Poorer areas need better access to mental healthcare

People who live in poorer areas in England are more likely to need mental healthcare but are less likely to access support and to recover from their symptoms following treatment, according to researchers at the University …

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 …

Erie County, Partners Announce Expansion of Mental Health …

… Orders · Documents · Volunteer Board Positions · Whistleblower Hotline · Contact · Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz » Erie County, Partners Announce Expansion of Mental Health Services in Buffalo Public Schools …

State Prison Leaders Promise Changes to Mental Health Services …

Prison officials Karen Steinour, the prisons health services compliance officer; Kenneth Lassiter, deputy director of operations; and Director of Prisons George Solomon talk with mental health advocates at the NAMI annual …

'Disability rights in UK could be violated' by welfare reforms, UN to …

United Nations officials are to visit the UK to investigate whether the government's controversial welfare reforms are committing “grave violations” of disabled peoples' human rights. A Scottish disability charity said it had been …