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Treatments of physical and mental health are coming together
Many days, the sheer weight of Iszurette Hunter's clinical depression becomes more than she can lift. She clings to her bed in her South Los Angeles home. Important obligations slide away, including keeping appointments with doctors who are trying to...
Tags: Barack Obama, Anxiety, Depression, Health and Medical Professionals, Heroin
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Bugnut 'reporter' makes mental health a political issue
Leonard PittsI cannot write this the way I want. Doing so would invade the privacy of too many people. But I can't be silent, either. Last week, you see, President Obama spoke before a conference of mental health advocates at the White House. It is necessary, he...Tags: Health, Barack Obama, Depression, Stress, The Miami Herald
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READER SUBMITTED: Easter Seals Capital Region And Eastern Connecticut Receives $2,500 Grant
WindsorEaster Seals Capital Region and Eastern Connecticut is pleased to announce that it has received a $2,500 grant from Farmington Bank Community Foundation, Inc. to support the expansion of their School-to-Work Transition program. The Farmington Bank...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Easter Seals, Parkinson's Disease, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Muscular Dystrophy
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Aftermath of an insanity verdict
Shackled to a hospital bed with a self-inflicted neck wound, Marci Webber described to the police visions of demons and skeletons, but wasn't sure what had happened to her 4-year-old daughter. As the officers — shaken by the crime scene in her...
Tags: Downers Grove, Family, Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Mental Illness
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Prosecutors: Send Sandi Jackson to prison first, then Jackson Jr.
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors urged today that former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. be sent to prison for four years and his wife, Sandi Jackson, be incarcerated for 18 months. In making the recommendation, prosecutors suggested the prison terms...Tags: Prosecution, Sandi Jackson, Trials, Chicago Elections, Mental Illness
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Crisis Intervention Team Graduates
Channel 2 NewsOn Friday, more than 20 law enforcement officials and military personnel graduated from a week-long class that focused on de-stigmatizing people with mental health issues. The graduates received their completion pins symbolizing they were now part of a...Tags: Law Enforcement, Mental Illness, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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READER SUBMITTED: Local Dad Sponsors Roller Derby Team To Raise Autism Awareness
Middletown/ShorelineBridgeport resident Todd Zavorskas approached the Connecticut RollerGirls with an unusual sponsorship idea: instead of promoting a business, why not promote awareness of autism spectrum disorders? Autism Awareness Patch The Yankee Brutals will wear this...Tags: Woodbridge, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Asperger Syndrome, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Autism
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READER SUBMITTED: CMHA Board And Staff Receive Family Champions Award
New BritainCommunity Mental Health Affiliates' (CMHA) board member Barbara Brown, senior director of Education and Rehabilitation Services at Connecticut Children's Medical Center, and Dr. Manzoor Usman, CMHA psychiatrist, were recipients of the Connecticut...Tags: New Britain, Health, Mental Health, Family, Substance Abuse
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Push To Get Budget Done
— As the weather gets warmer at this time of year, state legislators start acting like college students. Having known since before Christmas that their legislative session would end at midnight on Wednesday, the legislators procrastinated and...Tags: Nursing Homes, U.S. Senate, Wethersfield, Gambling, Lotteries
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Mental-health services protect kids, taxpayers
Though as many as one in five children will struggle with some form of mental illness this year, most will never get help, leaving them to suffer in silence or lash out in hostility, even violence. In many parts of the nation, those kids are more likely...
Tags: Social Sciences, Robin Williams, Valencia College, Family, Barack Obama
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Patient-Centered Hub Offers Hope, Help For Families Affected By Autism
Lauren was about 2-years-old when she was diagnosed with autism, and her mother, Darcie Crawford, was overwhelmed, not only by this news, but about how to proceed in finding the right specialists and services for her little girl. "We didn't really know....
Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , New Britain, West Hartford, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Autism
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Tips for dealing with depression
Question: My life's been really down lately and I'm having a tough time dealing with it. Any suggestions? Answer: Loss comes in many shapes and sizes, from a death in the family to the loss of your "self" such as that experienced when you suddenly...Tags: Nursing Homes, Depression, WebMD Corporation, Blindness
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