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Nurse: Attacks Must Not Be Tolerated - Evening Star
a mental health worker from ipswich who was assaulted by a patient today issued a stark warning to would-be offenders after helping to bring his attacker to justice. julian wong was working at st clement's hospital in ipswich when he was punched ...
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Experts Say Crisis Looms Over Mental Health Care
mental health patients lost some of their options this week as the university of colorado hospital decided to cut its inpatient psychiatric ward.
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Financial Rescue Legislation Broadens Mental Health Coverage
new york -(dow jones)- the financial-services rescue package approved by the u.s. house of representatives friday would give millions of americans access to more affordable mental health services.
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Column: Don't Shortchange Children Mental Health Services - U-wire.com
on saturday, sept. 13, a 15-year-old boy was abandoned at a hospital by his aunt to become a ward of the state. the boy's mother died when he was 10; his father suffers from a psychotic disorder, a history of drug use and, according to the sept. 27 ...
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Farmington Forum Addresses Cuts In Mental-health Funding - Morning Sentinel
farmington -- mental-health crisis intervention might be needed for a child who talks about suicide, an adult with mental illness arrested for committing a crime, or a community, a family or emergency workers trying to deal with the after-effects of ...
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Vsea Pushes For New Mental Health Facility
the vermont state employees union is pushing again for a new mental health facility in waterbury.
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Sen. Domenici's Mental Health Parity Initiative Headed To Bush's Desk
the big bailout bill that just passed the house also included sen. pete domenici's pet project - mental health parity...
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Feds Deny Funds To State Hospital - Rutland Herald
montpelier — the federal government has denied a request — again — to allow medicare and medicaid payments to cover care for patients in the vermont state hospital, dealing a blow to officials' hopes for recertification of the waterbury ...
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Marines, Sailors Return From Iraq To Homecoming - San Diego Union-tribune
camp pendleton: hundreds of friends and family members are expected to gather at camp pendleton today to welcome home more than 170 marines and sailors returning from iraq. the troops are part of the 1st intelligence battalion, 1st marine ...
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Patton Hospital's Conference Examined Mental-health Issues
highland - more than 500 people attended patton state hospital's 16th annual forensic mental health conference last week.
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Stress Hits Mental Health Workers
public hospital and community psychiatric services are relying on untrained and vulnerable volunteers - themselves recovered patients - to do the work of qualified mental health workers, the first study to explore the employment of former patients in the nsw system has found.
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Akron Children's Pirc Team Honored For Its Work With Children, Teens - Akron Beacon Journal
akron, ohio (oct. 1, 2008) – the staff of akron children’s hospital’s psychiatric intake response center (pirc), a mental health referral and triage service, has received the coalition for children’s mental health’s “community hero award ...
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Sex Offender On The Run From Mental Health Unit - Evening Standard
a convicted sex offender is on the loose after escaping from a london mental hospital. ahmed mohammed, 25, gave staff the slip on saturday at the secure medical facility in southall where he was being held. he was sentenced in 2002 to a hospital ...
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Chlidren's Mental Health Laws Ensure Families Get Services
boston - it's often referred to as yolanda's law, but until the last week of august it was only a legislative proposal designed to ensure children with mental health needs and their families receive necessary help.
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Serial Stalker Sectioned Under Mental Health Act
a serial stalker banned from being alone with any woman in scotland has been sectioned under the mental health act. robert basterfield had been detained for the past month at the murray royal hospital in perth before appearing in perth sheriff court for his monthly probation review.
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Family Want Suicide Probe - New Zealand Herald
the family of an auckland mother who committed suicide while in the care of a mental health unit will this week demand to know how the tragedy occurred. brenda moore, a 42-year-old social worker, was found dead on december 14 in the grounds of the ...
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Gay Elders' Distinctive Challenges Get Closer Look - Abc News
frank carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. he battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact manhattan apartment. sage (services and advocacy for gay, lesbian, bisexual ...
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Bush Signs Groundbreaking Mental Health Bill

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Police Chase Ends With Mental Patient Arrested
mckinney police arrested a webster man with a mental hospital commitment hold on his record after a short police chase.
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Hernando Neighbors: Dr. Bea Braun - St. Petersburg Times
dr. bea braun was a maryknoll sister before living in korea, marriage and entering medical school. she lives in spring hill and has been involved in elder affairs at the national, state and local levels. we've been here in spring hill for 19 years ...
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