Mentally Ill

10 Jefferson Award Finalists to Recognized Thursday

10 Jefferson Award finalists to recognized Thursday
The group provides community education in advocacy, crisis intervention and civil liberties issues, particularly for people in poor communities and people of color. She has been a volunteer at prisons for 20 years. She has influenced policies in the …
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Inmate Testifies He Received Special Treatment in Former SC Sheriff Trial

Inmate testifies he received special treatment in former SC sheriff trial
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, SC (WBTV) – Jurors in Chesterfield County heard eyebrow raising testimony from one of the inmates at the center of former Sheriff Sam Parker's corruption trial, Thursday. Parker is accused is giving Mike Lee and another inmate… Continue reading

Becoming a Comedian – You’ve Got Tig Notaro

Becoming A Comedian – You’ve Got Tig Notaro — Comedian Tig Notaro suffered a series of heartbreaking setbacks over a four-month period, and she sat down to talk about how the public reacted to her news, …


Deputies arrest three after meth lab discovery near Round O, searching for …… Continue reading

Behavioral Health Workers Gather to Learn About Gambling Addiction

Behavioral health workers gather to learn about gambling addiction
A handful of representatives from local social work, behavioral health and faith organizations gathered in a conference room at Stephens Memorial Hospital on Thursday to learn more about problem gambling at a training sponsored by Healthy Oxford Hills.
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Golden Valley Rejects Plans to Treat Mentally Ill Children

Golden Valley rejects plans to treat mentally ill children
The city of Golden Valley has rejected plans for a day treatment facility for mentally ill children, dealing a setback to advocates who say the state faces a critical shortage of such services. LifeSpan of Minnesota had proposed using a building… Continue reading

Is Psychiatry Going Too Far?

Question by Lily: Is psychiatry going too far?
Why does it seem that there is a mental illness for everything?

Fundamentally due to the nature of statistics, there will be people that are abnormal to others.
However, from the statistics I have looked at, most (98% of people that… Continue reading

Barely Breathing Dual Diagnosis 029.MOV


 

Barely Breathing Dual Diagnosis 029.MOV

 

Heroin overdose task force aims to curb deaths, support those suffering from

Filed under: dual diagnosis rehab

TORRINGTON >> The more than 20 organizations and individuals comprising the Community Task Force on Heroin Overdoses are in the process of creating a… Continue reading

Why Call Addiction Hotline?


 

Why Call Addiction Hotline? – Everyone is familiar with addiction hotlines. The numbers are displayed on newspapers and advertisements and they can also be found on certain websites. You …

 

Praise judge for ruling on mentally ill killer

Filed under: methamphetamine addiction treatment

This month, Greene County Circuit… Continue reading

Almost an Addiction – the Gap


 

Almost An Addiction – The Gap

 

Partnerships help Edmonton police deal with challenges of city crime, chief

Filed under: ghb addiction

He links a rise in sexual assaults to gamma-Hydroxybutyric (GHB), a date rape drug that police are seizing more of. … Police spend 30 per… Continue reading

Could I Be Going Schizophrenic or Becoming Mentally Ill?

Question by Rae Rae BAY AY: Could I be going schizophrenic or becoming mentally ill?
Im 16 and on my birthday about two months ago I smoked some weed and had this real bad “panic attack” as my counselor says but I really think it was a little bit… Continue reading

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