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Health knowledge made personal
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Fort Hood tragedy rocks military as it grapples with mental health issues (Los Angeles Times)
Sun Nov 08 15:01:45 PST 2009
Psychological problems are rampant, leaders admit. The Iraq and Afghanistan wars have been long, and repeat deployments are highly stressful. Doctors, too, fall prey to mental illness. The U.S. military's culture of silence about troops' mental health had finally begun to change.
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Mental health workers think about their own care in wake of Fort Hood tragedy (Waco Tribune-Herald)
Sat Nov 07 21:20:54 PST 2009
Maxine Trent has been in overdrive the past few days as she and her staff have offered mental-health services to military personnel and others shaken by Thursday’s massacre at Fort Hood.
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Tough times for mental health (The Chapel Hill News)
Sat Nov 07 23:11:13 PST 2009
The year 2009 will certainly be remembered for a variety of reasons, but for those of us who are part of the mental health, developmental disability and substance abuse community our memories will focus on the impact that the global financial crisis had upon our system.
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Eastern State Hospital downsizing concerns local mental health officials (Daily Press)
Sat Nov 07 21:37:19 PST 2009
When Eastern State Hospital opens its new adult mental health treatment center next summer, at least 150 patients will be housed in the state-of-the-art facility.
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Luther Strange quits post on mental health board (The Tuscaloosa News)
Sat Nov 07 07:35:47 PST 2009
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...
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D.C.'s mobile mental health unit reaches those in need (Washington Post)
Sun Nov 08 20:35:40 PST 2009
The woman wasn't budging. It was late on a Friday afternoon last month, and there she was, 64 years old, mentally ill and refusing to return to her Southeast Washington nursing home. "I am fed up," she shouted as she sat bundled in a motorized wheelchair that was stuck on F Street NW. "I have had...
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Mental-health professionals speculate on what went wrong (American Psychological Association)
Sun Nov 08 07:43:37 PST 2009
November 07, 2009 Nov. 7--As an Army psychiatrist, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan treated soldiers with post-traumatic stress and mental disorders.
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The fight for troops' mental health (Toronto Sun)
Sun Nov 08 04:44:25 PST 2009
Overseeing a largely unseen war against mental illness in the military, the Canadian Forces top doc says the battle is winnable.
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New Mental Health Clinic for ArkLaTex Veterans (KTAL Shreveport)
Fri Nov 06 20:11:04 PST 2009
PTSD and traumatic brain injury are becoming the most treated mental health issues for ArkLaTex veterans. Soon ground will be broken on a new facility.
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Mental health workers also may feel traumatized (Newsday)
Fri Nov 06 19:34:09 PST 2009
Many experts now believe psychiatrists and other mental health professionals who are told about extreme trauma begin to feel traumatized themselves.
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