Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling — but treatable — brain disorder affecting more than 21 million people worldwide. Of those people, only half receive treatment. Symptoms, which usually begin between ages 16 and …
Tag Archives: king
Report: Connecticut Boosted Mental Health Funding In 3 Years …
Connecticut is one of 11 states that have increased funding for mental health care every year since the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a new national report.
Call for greater focus on mental health care for expectant mothers …
Experts have called for basic checks about expectant mothers' previous mental health problems after a new report showed there has been no significant change in the number of indirect maternal deaths for more than a …
Blowing the Curve: Carolinas HealthCare Capitalizes on Behavioral …
This past week I traveled to Charlotte to speak at an event sponsored by Carolinas HealthCare, and Carolinas is that student when it comes to behavioral health. I spoke alongside Carolinas' Dr. John Santopietro at a …
Reform model not yet helping people with mental illness
People who are diagnosed with mental health conditions did not see improvements in coordination and quality of care as hoped but did not experience large cuts in access as some had feared under an early alternative …