A CHANGE FOR BETTER TREATMENT
January 27, 2012 Jan. 27--Gov. Pat Quinn announced plans last week to close two state mental health institutions and move their patients into community-based care. The governor is getting a ton of heat over this decision, from politicians, from parents of patients and from community leaders. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. said the state...
MILLIONS NOW MANAGE AGING PARENTS' CARE FROM AFAR
January 26, 2012 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she'll get in an accident when she drives to the grocery store. What if she has a medical emergency and no one's there to help? What if,...
WELCOME TO DEMENTIA'S WORLD
January 24, 2012 Jan. 24--STOCKTON -- At first, you feel a bit silly. You're with a bunch of strangers and you're wearing goggles that blur your vision, oversized gardening gloves that impair your fingers and prickly insoles inside your shoes that tickle the bottoms of your feet.
14 YEARS AFTER INMATE GIVES BIRTH IN JAIL, TRIAL BEGINS
January 24, 2012 Jan. 24--More than 14 years after Imka Pope gave birth alone in a King County Jail cell, a jury in U.S. District Court this week will hear her claim that jail nurses and corrections officers violated her civil rights by dismissing her claims that she was pregnant as the ramblings...
STRESS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER
January 21, 2012 I read with dismay your glib coverage of the release of my organization's annual "Stress in America" survey ["Too much stress? See, that is what worries us . . . ," Style, Jan. 12]. Reducing a serious health threat to a string of jokes does a great disservice to the...
HELP FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
January 23, 2012 What do you do if you need mental health support but you don't have money for a psychologist? Or maybe you feel your issue is not worth a full course of psychotherapy. Can you really find legitimate help that won't break the bank or take years to complete?
DIAGNOSIS CHANGES WORRY AUTISM ADVOCATES
January 21, 2012 Jan. 21--Those who have spent years fighting for services for autistic loved ones now face more uncertainty: Doctors soon may adjust exactly what it means to be autistic.
PICKING A THERAPIST
January 20, 2012 "Being in therapy is great," comedian Caroline Rhea once joked. "I spend an hour just talking about myself. It's kinda like being the guy on a date."
ARMY REPORTS SUICIDES DOWN, BUT VIOLENT CRIMES UP
January 19, 2012 WASHINGTON - A new Army report says the number of suicides among soldiers has been leveling off, but there has been a dramatic jump in domestic violence, sex crimes and other destructive behavior in a force that has been stressed by a decade of war.
IDEA TO TAKE THE 'D' OUT OF PTSD STUDIED
January 16, 2012 Jan. 16--The president of the American Psychiatric Association says he is "very open" to a request from the Army to come up with an alternative name for post-traumatic stress disorder so that troops returning from combat will feel less stigmatized and more encouraged to seek treatment.
TOO MUCH STRESS? SEE, THAT IS WHAT WORRIES US . . .
January 12, 2012 On a car-clogged avenue that runs toward the lair of legislative frustration, in a building wallpapered with headlines such as "Fire displaces families" and "Divorce turns deadly" and "Guantanamo forever," in front of a giant backdrop that reads "Stress in America: Our Health at Risk," the American Psychological Association reminded...
REPORT RIPS N.C. OVER MENTALLY ILL KIDS
January 12, 2012 Jan. 12--The state is failing to make sure mentally ill children who have other disabilities get proper care, an advocate's report said.
FIRST LADY TACKLING MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR VETS
January 11, 2012 WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama has gotten a new commitment from medical schools to boost training and research for the treatment of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health injuries.
