Genes play a crucial role over time although environmental factors matter most in the short term, according to a major study into social anxiety and avoidant personality disorders from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
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Why We Need to Abandon the Disease-Model of Mental Health Care
… about the nature and origins of mental health problems. We need wholesale and radical change, not only in how we understand mental health problems, but also in how we design and commission mental health services.
California bill would fund trauma and mental health services for …
Continued: California bill would fund trauma and mental health services for …
Horry County starts program for criminals with mental illness | WBTW …
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – A new program in Horry County works to keep people with mental health disorders out of prison. The program is called Mental Health Court and it's the opposite of Drug Court, in that it ensures …
Race a factor in repeated victimizations of people with mental illness …
African Americans who are mentally ill are at greater risk of being repeatedly victimized than are mentally ill white people, according to criminologists at Georgia State University. The researchers found the rate of recurring …