Mental Health Care

Glenn Close: Let's End The Stigma Around Mental Illness Now

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 06.01.2012

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With all of the incredible advances in care for mental illness, there is a huge roadblock between people and the treatment they need: the stigma and shame that pervade our culture regarding mental illness.

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Overcoming Stigma and Improving Mental Health in America

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Depression, Community Care, Public Health, Mental Health Care, Healthy Living Health News, Mental Health Month, Community Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Healthy Living News

This May marks the 63rd anniversary of Mental Health Month, but the problem of mental illness requires greater attention as a major 21st-century public health challenge.

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Psychiatric Mislabeling Is Bad for Your Mental Health

Allen Frances | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Over-Treatment, Dsm-5, Over-Diagnosis, Mental Health, Mental Health Diagnosis, Mental Health Stigma, Mental Health Care, Psychiatric Diagnosis, Science News

Unfortunately, DSM 5 will make the current problems with mislabeling much worse. Its new proposals (with the possible exception of autism) all cast a wider diagnostic net that will lead to much looser and less accurate diagnosis.

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Are These Drugs Over Prescribed And Under Delivering?

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Depression Treatment, Anxiety Medication, Mental Health, Depression Medication, Mental Treatment, Mental Health Issues, New Research, Blood Pressure Medication, Mental Health Care, Treatment Mental Illness, Medication Treatment, Healthy Living Health News, Medication, Medications, Mental Health Treatment, Healthy Living News

When it comes to benefits, psychiatric medications hold their own when compared with general medical medications in the treatment of a great number of diseases that affect so many people.

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The End of Mental Health -- And Why That's Good

Douglas LaBier | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Psychotherapy, Drugs, Psychology, Healthy Living Mind, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Mental Illness, National Mental Health, Mental Health Recovery, Mental Health Care, Healthy Living News

The idea of mental health -- as we know it -- has reached a dead end. It doesn't describe much of anything relevant to people's lives today.

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Depression, Memory and Adaptation

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 03.24.2012

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Could it be that depression, even of a psychotic and/or manic variety, functions as an evolutionary adaptation? Yes, I believe that this can be true, though there are doubts on this theory.

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Change Your Lifestyle and Change Your Psyche

Philip Goldberg | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Psychology, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Wellness, Therapy, Family Therapy, Alternative Therapies, Complementary Therapies, Mental Health Care, Healing Therapies, Psychological Therapies, Healthy Living News

Pill-pushing won't stop unless consumers take matters into their own hands by changing their lifestyles instead of their prescriptions. That takes time and effort, but research amply demonstrates that it's worth it.

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D.C.'s Youth Deserve a Less Violent Future

David Catania | Posted 11.14.2011

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On March 30, 2010, four young people lost their lives in a hail of gunfire on South Capitol Street S.E. All District residents deserve better than to live in a city where this sort of unspeakable violence is possible.

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Gov. Pat Quinn's Renewed Embrace of Mental Health Care Likely to Spark Cynicism

David Ormsby | Posted 10.24.2011

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If Gov. Quinn ever wonders why the public find his approach to governing to be incoherent and frustrating, he needs only to consider his recent whiplash-inducing turn on behavioral health care policy.

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Teenage Angst: Normal Or Mental Illness?

Julie Chen, M.D. | Posted 09.07.2011

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By helping younger generations to learn how to cope with environmental stressors and manage mental illness, we may be able to help give these young adults the tools necessary to live a healthy, "carefree" life long into their years of adulthood.

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State Mental Health Institute Undergoing Changes After Grand Jury Report

Posted 08.24.2011

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The Colorado Department of Human Services will be making changes in the interest of increasing patient safety after a grand jury issued a highly criti...

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$30 Million "Mistake" May Cost 20,000 Illinois Residents Mental Health Care Services

David Ormsby | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: State Senator Heather Steans, Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois Mental Health Care, State Rep Sara Feigenholtz, c4, Leader Christine Radogno, Frank Anselmo, Senate President John Cullerton, Tony Kopera, Community Behavioral Healthcare Association, Mental Health Care, Illinois Legislature, Chicago News

It's a $30 million "oops." It's an "oops" that can only be fixed by the Illinois Senate within the next 24 hours. How's that for a political thriller plot? Except it's not a plot line. It's true.

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The Good (And Bad) News About Mental Health Care In America

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.16.2011

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The good news is that improvement rates for serious mental illnesses rival or surpass those for chronic physical diseases. The bad news is that 80 percent of Americans with treatable mental disorders do not have their conditions detected.

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The Economic Disparity of Children's Mental Health Care

Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: Medicaid, Mental Health Care, Family Therapy, Odd, Adhd, Aggressiveness, School Bullying, Psychotropic Medication, Mental Health, Home News

In my view, the inequality in mental health care for children could be corrected if Medicaid adopted a mental health care model similar to that of health insurance companies.

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Arizona Shooting Increases Mental Health Awareness Across Nation

Chronicle Of Philanthropy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Since last month's shooting in Tucson, Ariz., national nonprofit mental-health organizations have begun to undertake newly aggressive steps to lobby a...

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It's Easier to Get a Gun Than Mental Health Care

Dora Calott Wang, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Mental Health Care, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Tucson Shooting, Mental Health Policy, Mental Health, Mental Health Issues, Supplemental-Health-Insurance, Politics News

Poor access to medical care jeopardizes an individual's health. But when the mentally ill or the seriously distressed can't access care, we are all at risk.

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Two Tragically Lost Children: Christina Taylor Green and Her Killer

Noel Irwin Hentschel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christina Taylor Green's activism and passionate concern for her country is something we can all embrace to help save other lives from being lost. The critical condition of mental health care is the "real" elephant in our shared house.

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Health Care Reform Contains Major Expansion Of Access To Mental Health Services

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The health care law that Republicans are targeting for repeal provides significant assistance and options for people with mental illness...

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Mental Health And The Family Tree

Craig Garner | Posted 11.17.2011

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Unlike cancer or heart disease, psychiatric disorders continue to stand as an enigma to much of the modern world. This often leaves those closest to the patient wondering both how to feel and what to do.

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Caring for Vets in College

Victor Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Health Care, Veterans PTSD, Mental Health, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, Ptsd, Veterans Administration, Veterans, College Life, College News

Many young people who enlisted in the armed forces did so as a gateway to a college education -- but far too many returning service personnel are loath to seek out counseling and support while at school.

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Global Health Day Should Include Mental Health

Suzan Song | Posted 11.17.2011

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Too often those that suffer from mental illness are marginalized and become victims of stigma. But ignoring or neglecting this population only hurts society as a whole.

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Let's Make A Resolution For Child Mental Health

Dr. Harold Koplewicz | Posted 11.17.2011

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My young patients prove to me that the barriers to one's life potential can be removed. For the millions of children with psychiatric disorders, just as for everyone else, it simply matters what choices we make.

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Understanding the Traumas of War

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 11.17.2011

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Here is a letter I received from Dr. Russell Carr, a military psychiatrist who has been treating soldiers and Marines suffering from combat-related emotional trauma.

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Shinseki for VA Secretary: A Bold Choice

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelle Obama, Troops, VA Secretary, Obama, Mental Health Care, Disability, Shinseki, Veterans, Obama Appointments, Eric Shinseki, Politics News

Shinseki has always put patriotism ahead of politics, and is held in high regard by veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.

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