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February 26, 2015

Lori Berman files "Mental Health First Aid" bill – Florida…

Democratic Rep. Lori Berman of Lantana recently filed a mental health crisis prevention bill in the Florida House designed to increase preventative…

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February 25, 2015

Capital Soup – Florida News Straight from the Source

Reaffirming her strong commitment to furthering mental health care in the State of Florida, Representative Berman filed HB 811. The…

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February 13, 2015

President Obama’s Plan to Address Our Nation’s Urgent Mental Health…

President Obama’s recently proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Budget provides the nation with an unprecedented opportunity to address America’s urgent…

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February 11, 2015

Mental health funding boost

YOUNG people suffering a severe mental illness have received a boost with the NSW government announcing last week it would…

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February 5, 2015

Grant to train Elkhart teachers to spot youths in crisis

One in five children between the ages of 9 and 17 has a diagnosable mental or addictive disorder, according to…

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February 3, 2015

CONGRESSWOMAN JENKINS APPLAUDS SENATE PASSAGE OF THE CLAY HUNT SUICIDE…

Today, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act passed in the United States Senate. It previously passed the…

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February 1, 2015

NITT-AWARE-SEA Program

Through funding from the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Now is…

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January 29, 2015

After years of spending cuts to mental health programs, lawmakers…

Over the past two legislative sessions, at least 36 state legislatures have increased generalfund appropriations for inpatient and outpatient mental…

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January 15, 2015

8 behavioral health policy issues in 2015

Although the last Congress was criticized for lack of action, it got quite a bit done on behavioral health, including…

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January 14, 2015

Gov. Nixon visits Hannibal for discussion on mental health plan

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday touted progress made through a two-year-old mental health initiative and asked Northeast Missouri law…

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January 6, 2015

Pennsylvania prison system develops separate housing for mentally ill inmates…

Inmates with serious mental illnesses will no longer be locked in cells all day, under new policies outlined Monday by…

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December 23, 2014

A Do-Something Congress

This editorial originally appeared in Roll Call. As this lame-duck Congress limps to the end of its tenure, pundits are…

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