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Police: Indiana mom died after killing 2 children
NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — A woman who thought her family was being stalked by "demonic presences" killed her two children in a southern Indiana creek before she also drowned, police said Friday. Police had released little information after body of...
Tags: Hypothermia, Ohio River, Prosecution, Witnesses
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Pilot program closes mental health gap in Elkhart, St. Joseph Co.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — More than two dozen Indiana children who might once have entered the court system as a way to receive mental health services are now receiving help through a pilot program. The Department of Child Services started the program...
Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Health, Health Insurance, Behavioral Conditions, Medicaid
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Health overhaul may grow Ind. addiction services
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The possibility of thousands of Indiana residents becoming eligible for addiction treatment under the federal health overhaul has state officials and providers preparing for an expansion. About 60,000 Indiana residents per year...
Tags: Health Insurance, Behavioral Conditions, Medicaid, Government Health Care, Substance Abuse
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Rally planned for Ind. woman charged in baby death
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Supporters of a woman charged with murdering her infant by eating rat poison while pregnant are planning a rally in downtown Indianapolis. Reproductive rights activists, mental health advocates and others are expected to attend...
Tags: Premature Birth, Prosecution
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Mental health experts testify in Biffle trial
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- While awaiting trial on two murder charges and a slew of other accusations, Brandon Biffle spent much of his time in the St. Joseph County Jail in the rubber room, where inmates on suicide watch are generally sent. He slept on the floor and...Tags: Shootings, Health, Trials, Behavioral Conditions, Psychiatry
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Outreach group offers help to Iowa Street neighborhood
SOUTH BEND -- The emotional scars from the deadly South Bend jet crash are still fresh for Iowa Street residents, which is why a group of counselors went door-to-door to provide emotional support. "We're part of the State of Indiana Disaster Mental...
Tags: Health, Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents, Behavioral Conditions, Human Interest
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NW Ind. mental health center settles worker claim
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A northwestern Indiana mental health center that operates more than a dozen emergency mental health services and substance abuse treatment facilities will pay a former employee $200,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit. The...Tags: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Breast Cancer, Health, Employment Opportunities, Behavioral Conditions
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Mental health board won't discipline its CEO
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A board overseeing a mental health organization that serves several counties in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula has decided not to discipline its top official after a finding from the state that profoundly disabled...Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions, Lakes and Ponds
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Program targets children's mental health services
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Officials with Indiana's Department of Child Services say they're pleased with a pilot program that's designed to provide mental health services for children in need. The Times in Munster reports (http://bit.ly/14MjOJv ) the state...Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions
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Snyder eyes mental health makeover, GOP skeptical
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder may have to convince lawmakers across the political spectrum that expanding Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Health Care Act will allow Michigan to also plug a gap in its increasingly underfunded...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Rick Snyder, Health Insurance, Behavioral Conditions, Republican Party
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Obama unveiling gun violence measures (WSBT airing)
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing...Tags: Parties and Movements, Health and Safety at School, Carolyn McCarthy, Shootings, Assault
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Biden meets with gun safety, victims groups
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday heard personal stories of gun violence from representatives of victims groups and gun-safety organizations as he drafts the Obama administration's response to the shooting at a Connecticut...
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords, Health and Safety at School, Shootings, Health, U.S. Department of Justice
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