A new study finds that boys diagnosed with ADHD had considerably higher rates of adult obesity than their counterparts, suggesting a connection.... Read more»
State Sen. Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, has filed legislation that would encourage Texas educators to learn how to help the state’s estimated 1 million public school students struggling with mental illnesses.... Read more»
An unprecedented surge in deportations in recent years has affected tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of American children. The traumatic experience of losing a parent for an entire childhood is certain to have a profound impact on the mental health of these U.S. citizen children, according to researchers.... Read more»
Representatives from law enforcement, behavioral health and faith-based groups are urging lawmakers to expand a state training program that helps community members recognize and assist those facing mental health challenges. The he Mental Health First Aid program is backed by two Southern Arizona lawmakers, Victoria Steele and Ethan Orr.... Read more»
Two Tucson lawmakers want to appropriate $500,000 to expand a program that provides training on identifying and assisting individuals facing mental health challenges. Republican Rep. Ethan Orr and Democratic Rep. Victoria Steele represent the district that includes the Safeway store where a gunman killed six people and wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and a dozen others on Jan. 8, 2011.... Read more»2
Over the past decade, colleges and universities across the country have seen an influx of students with mental health needs. The stigma of mental illness has started to dissipate, and more students are comfortable seeking help.... Read more»
Insurance coverage for mental health treatment has long been spotty. More than a quarter of adults have a diagnosable mental health problem in any given year, but fewer than half receive treatment. While the Affordable Care Act goes a long way toward assuring coverage for most Americans, some gaps persist.... Read more»
Twenty small children in Newtown should be more than just a number. A dozen people in Aurora should have been more than just a number. Six in Tucson should have been more than just a number. They should do more than just give us pause for a moment of silence. Silence is no longer enough. We must do something.... Read more»7
At Circle the City, up to 50 patients have beds in a dorm-like setting that’s clean and well-lit. Three meals are served each day, nurses are available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and a den offers recliners, television and games.... Read more»
Psychiatrist Daniel Merrill is seeing it more and more in the tough economy: Someone ends up in the hospital suffering from depression or anxiety brought on by the stress of unemployment. Sometimes the condition leads to a substance-abuse problem or suicide attempt.... Read more»
Attorney General Tom Horne, and LD11 Democratic candidate for state House Dave Joseph, and Sentinel editor Dylan Smith.... Read more»
Maybe you like Obamacare. Or, maybe you view the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as yet another nail in the coffin of individual liberty. In either case, the law promises to make sweeping changes in the Arizona’s healthcare system, and nowhere more so than in the treatment of mental illness and substance abuse.... Read more»1
On Wednesday, President Obama said background checks and measures to limit the ability of the mentally ill to purchase guns “shouldn’t be controversial. They should be common sense.”... Read more»
A dozen people in Aurora should be more than just a number. Six in Tucson should have been more than just a number. They should do more than just give us pause for a moment of silence. Silence is no longer enough. We must do something.... Read more»8
What’s in a name? That’s a question that experts are wrestling with as they prepare to revise the diagnostic manual that spells out the criteria for addiction and other substance-use problems.... Read more»
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who confessed to killing 77 people in a combined bombing and shooting rampage last summer, has pleaded not guilty and rejected the authority of the court trying him.... Read more»
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