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Former addictions worker worries agency's merge into Shared Health could create delays, stifle innovation
A former staff member with the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba is concerned about the plan to roll the arm's-length Crown agency into a newly created health…
Jul 15, 2019 09:59 UTC Read More

Boris Johnson says his first Budget will include tax breaks for companies who help staff with mental health issues
Companies who do more to help staff struggling with mental health problems should be rewarded with tax breaks, Boris Johnson has said.
Jul 15, 2019 05:20 UTC Read More

New Texas child detention center is clean and bright – but it's still a jail
The facility at the tiny Texas town of Carrizo Springs is subcontracted to a not-for-profit but its high perimeter fence is topped with barbed wire.
Jul 15, 2019 04:59 UTC Read More

Mental health patients stuck on waiting lists 'end up more unwell'
Patients suffering from mental health problems are becoming more unwell and need more medication or hospital admissions because they are not seeing a…
Jul 15, 2019 01:29 UTC Read More

Government plans biggest restructuring of HSE in 15 years
Harris to propose re-establishing regional structures similar to old health board system.
Jul 14, 2019 23:32 UTC Read More

Alastair Campbell on the 'populist virus' and why Bill Shorten lost
Tony Blair's communications director says the left has learned the wrong lessons from the global financial crisis.
Jul 13, 2019 21:00 UTC Read More

Doctors couldn't diagnose my mental health problems. But then they saw my art
I was sectioned until painting changed my life. Now I want to help other people heal through embracing their artistic side.
Jul 11, 2019 10:41 UTC Read More

PNA action likely to impact on mental health services
The Health *Service* Executive is warning that planned industrial action by psychiatric nurses is likely to have a significant impact on mental health services from…
Jul 10, 2019 15:15 UTC Read More

Parents hit out at mental health services after ‘random’ killing of only son
Richard McLoughlin found not guilty by reason of insanity of murder of Jimmy Loughlin.
Jul 09, 2019 16:49 UTC Read More

Anglesey Ysbyty Cefni mental health probe 'very worrying'
An investigation into the care of a dementia patient at a mental health facility is "very worrying", according to a health watchdog chief. Issues at Ysbyty Cefni in…
Jul 05, 2019 13:49 UTC Read More

New Mental Health Director for Chesterfield County Faces Some Big Challenges
A new Executive Director of Mental Health Support Services for Chesterfield County begins next month. Kelly Fried comes to the position with 25 years of…
Jun 28, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More

Weston mental health services for young people 'inadequate'
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) run by the Weston Area Health NHS Trust have been rated as inadequate by care inspectors. The Care…
Jun 26, 2019 07:00 UTC Read More

Supporting the mental health of Pacific climate change migrants World
English News and Press Release on World about Climate Change and Environment, Health and more; published on 26 Jun 2019 by Govt. New Zealand.
Jun 26, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More

Budget Writers Agree on Secure Psychiatric Unit, Kid's Mental Health Services
By GARRY RAYNO, InDepthNH.org. CONCORD — The House agreed Tuesday to Senate budget items boosting funding and new facilities for health and…
Jun 18, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More

Spotting mental health issues in schoolchildren
Letters: Readers react strongly to the news that Theresa May is to pledge new materials and guidance for teachers as part of a prevention initiative.
Jun 17, 2019 07:00 UTC Read More

Nyall Brown death: Norfolk and Suffolk mental health trust criticised
A coroner has criticised a troubled mental health trust for failing a teenager who took his own life. Nyall Brown, 19, from Cromer, died in May 2018. Norfolk…
Jun 17, 2019 07:00 UTC Read More

Fight Over Chicago Mental Health Services Continues
Updated at 8:05 a.m.. More *content* below this sponsor message. A seven-year battle over mental health clinics that were closed in 2012 by former Chicago…
Jun 14, 2019 07:00 UTC Read More

A new group aims to bring mental health into the 2020 campaign debate
Some of the most prominent mental health groups joined to push leading politicians to lay out their specific policy proposals for mental health care.
Jun 10, 2019 07:00 UTC Read More

Kaiser Permanente mental health workers threaten to strike
About 4,000 mental health workers at Kaiser Permanente will go on strike next week at facilities throughout California if they and the healthcare giant fail to…
Jun 06, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More

San Francisco proposes nation’s first universal mental health care system
San Francisco residents could soon receive free mental health care and substance use disorder treatment under a proposed universal mental health care…
Jun 04, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More

Clinics in Missoula area expand behavioral health services thanks to $200K grants
The two largest health care providers in the Missoula area are moving to expand access to behavioral health services in their clinics.
Jun 03, 2019 07:00 UTC Read More

Panel focuses on mental health needs of international students
Research suggests that international students are less likely than domestic students to seek mental health treatment -- or even be aware of the availability of…
May 31, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More

Ben Collins: Outcomes for mental health services—what matters most for patients?
For at least a decade, health policymakers across developed countries have worshipped at the altar of “value.” Rather than paying for activity, purchasers should…
May 30, 2019 06:59 UTC Read More