Despite years of efforts to improve health care and support networks for the National Guard and military reserves, these service members report higher rates of mental health problems and related ills than active-duty troops, according to current and former officials, troops, experts and government studies. Read full article > >
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Patients with mental health problems may be able to access more help from their GPs with new funding of £5.5m.
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Antonio Lambert, a self-taught ex-convict turned mental health educator, has relapsed into crime and drug use before. But now, he says, “I know when it’s time to reach out for help.”
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After hearing testimony about the continued long waits faced by veterans seeking mental health care, a Senate committee Wednesday called for an investigation of the problem and an audit of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ $5.7 billion mental health care budget. “Especially at a time when we are seeing record suicides among our veterans — we need to meet the veteran’s desire for care with the immediate assurance that it will be provided — and provided quickly,” said Sen. Patty Murray, (D-Wash.), chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, who asked the VA’s Office of Inspector General to examine the issue. Read full article > >
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People with urgent mental health problems are struggling to get emergency treatment in England and Wales, campaigners say.
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Almost 200,000 babies born in the UK to families with domestic violence, mental health or drug problems are at high risk of abuse, according to the NSPCC.
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Almost 200,000 babies born in the UK to families with domestic violence, mental health or drug problems are at high risk of abuse, according to the NSPCC.
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The Ministry of Defence launches a campaign to promote better awareness of the mental health injuries of war.
Miami health-care executive Larry Duran orchestrated one of the largest Medicare frauds in U.S. history, submitting more than $205 million in phony claims and landing a record-breaking 50-year prison sentence for his crimes. But another piece of Duran’s scheme also caught the eye of prosecutors. They say he extended his fraud by his lobbying efforts, all aimed at getting official Washington to make it easier for mental health centers like his to make money. Read full article > >
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Many of the people who bicycle from place to place around Washington say they find it therapeutic. Now a new program will consider whether bicycling is effective therapy for people who may need it the most. On the anniversary of its creation, the Capital Bikeshare program has embraced a study that will provide 20 mentally ill people with memberships, in part to help them get around town but also to see whether cycling improves their physical and mental health. Read full article > >
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Many of the people who bicycle from place to place around Washington say they find it therapeutic. Now a new program will consider whether bicycling is effective therapy for people who may need it the most. On the anniversary of its creation, the Capital Bikeshare program has embraced a study that will provide 20 mentally ill people with memberships, in part to help them get around town but also to see whether cycling improves their physical and mental health. Read full article > >
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The Obama administration is ramping up civil rights enforcement against local police nationwide, opening a number of investigations to determine whether officers are guilty of brutality or discrimination against Hispanics and other minorities. In recent months, the Justice Department has begun inquiries into major city police departments such as Portland, Ore ., where officers shot several people who had mental health issues, and Seattle, where police were accused of gunning down a homeless Native American woodcarver. The department issued a scathing report earlier this month accusing Puerto Rico police of a “staggering level of crime and corruption.’’ Read full article > >
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The death of a man decapitated by a mental health patient could have been prevented if there had not been a catalogue of lost opportunities, an inquiry finds.
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More needs to be done to address the mental health and wellbeing problems faced by children in the youth justice system, experts say.
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