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The military is hoping that new programs at what they call the "resiliency campus" will help troops recover from one of the worst episodes of soldier-on-soldier violence in U.S. history.
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AHCJ offers resources to help journalists cover the wide range of health topics, including those surrounding the military, veterans and post-traumatic stress disorder. Members and other journalists write articles and tip sheets specifically for AHCJ about how they have reported a story, issues that our members are likely to cover and ...
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New Study Shows 85 Percent of Women Say Abortions Cause Mental Health Issues Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A new report from researchers at a university in New Zealand indicates 85 percent of women who had abortions report negative mental health issues as a result. The report is the latest from professor David Fergusson and his team showing abortions cause problems for women. The University of Otago...
Chronicles of Dissent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Less than a month before the tragic events at Ft. Hood, an Army press release said: Over the past year, the Army has engaged in a sustained effort to reduce the rate of suicide within its ranks. This effort has included an Army-wide suicide prevention stand-down and chain teach for every Soldier; the implementation of the [...]
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N.C. prosecutors decry erosion of the state’s mental health services Source: By Michael Biesecker | McClatchy Newspapers North Carolina’s prosecutors say they are increasingly concerned about the erosion of state services for people with mental illness who are accused of crimes. In a letter sent last month to Gov. Bev Perdue and her secretary of Health and Human [...]
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By Lydia Seabol Avant Staff Writer Another trustee on the board of the Alabama Department of Mental Health has resigned, the second resignation from the 16-member board in the past nine days. Luther Strange, who is running for Alabama attorney general, sent his resignation to Gov. Bob Riley on Friday.
LifeNews.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A national organization for women who regret their abortions says a new study showing a link between abortion and adverse mental health issues needs more publicity. The Silent No More Awareness campaign is responding to the latest New Zealand study showing 85 percent of women having adverse effects.
CBS 3 (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Joshua Dillinger has had three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was on the front lines as an army combat engineer. "It's a pretty rough thing to deal with for a lot of people," said Joshua. Now he's an outreach worker at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center where he helps other vets cope. He says the constant deployments add an extra layer of stress for thousands in the military....
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Photo by Zol87 While we've been lamenting things like the loss of the Outdoor Film Festival and the shrinking of the Chicago Christmas tree, there are certainly more serious issues at stake in the midst of the city's enormous budget deficit , one being the quality of mental health care in Chicago. The city's mental health centers have been in limbo since January when it was announced that some of...
KHQA - Local News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Army says the gunman who opened fire at Fort Hood was a mental health doctor facing deployment overseas.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
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Well (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A new Mental Health Parity Act takes effect for most insurance plans on Jan. 1, and it's likely that your mental health coverage has changed -- possibly for the better.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Mental Health America today praised the House health reform bill (the Affordable Health Care for Americans Act, H.R. 3962) for taking ground-breaking steps to expand coverage and significantly improving access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment services.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Mind has found evidence that the UK's complex asylum seeker process, detention centres and aspects of UK life are actively worsening the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers. In two new reports, the charity shows how a lack of support and resources for refugees and asylum seekers is both exacerbating pre-existing mental health conditions and triggering them in the first place. In the
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wellbeingnewseditor | 18/07/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > World Mental Health Day is celebrated on 10 October each year, or as close to that date as participating organisations can arrange their events. For 2009, the topic selected by the World Federation for Mental Health [WFMH] is ‘Mental Health in Primary Care: Enhancing Treatment and Promoting Mental Health’. The campaign materials have now been posted on the WFMH website,...
wellbeingnewseditor | 18/07/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > Norfolk’s first NHS–provided psychiatric intensive care unit [PICU], was officially opened by Pat Holman, chief executive, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust at a ceremony held at Justin Gardner House at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich – and was immediately described by one expert as the best ward of its type in the country. The 10–bed Rollesby Ward...
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Justin Gardner House
Justin Gardner was a brilliant man. He had his patients interest at heart and he knew that depression could affect anyone and I mean anyone. I think that...
Justin Gardner House
whote message are sending to patients by naming a mental heath unit after Justin Gardner who took his own life in 2005,by hanging himself
Eco Fridge
Ever time I visit a freind at Justin Gardner House at Hellesdon Hospital in Norwich I find that it is so cold in this building even when the temp outside...
wellbeingnewseditor | 18/07/2009
Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [NICE] has published new public health guidance on occupational therapy interventions and physical activity interventions to promote the mental wellbeing of older people in primary care and residential care. There are 9.7 million people aged 65 and older in the UK and by 2020 one–in–five UK citizens will be...
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