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US report: Foster kids get high rate of psych meds
Federal health officials are failing to monitor how state agencies are doling out powerful psychotropic drugs to foster children, according to a comprehensive investigation released Thursday showing foster kids are being prescribed the drugs at rates 2....Tags: Health Insurance, Medicaid, Mental Health, Politics, ADHD
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Study shows Medicaid kids are denied medical care
CHICAGO (AP) — Children on public insurance are being denied treatment by doctors at much higher rates than those with private coverage, according to an undercover study that had researchers pose as parents of sick kids seeking an appointment with a...Tags: Health Insurance, Medicaid, Disasters and Accidents, Skin Rash, Symptoms
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Man who allegedly threatened Donnelly ruled unfit for trial
Tribune Staff WriterA federal judge ruled on Tuesday the Granger man charged with threatening U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly and his South Bend office staff unfit to stand trial. Brett Keiling, 46, was arrested Jan. 24 after he called Donnelly’s downtown office and...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Judges, Pharmaceuticals, Justice System
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Memorial to buy Madison Center
SOUTH BEND -- Memorial Hospital says it's buying part of Madison Center's assets to avoid a gap in quality mental healthcare in this community. For $3 million, Memorial will take over three buildings and the programs provided there - including inpatient...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health, Politics, Management Change, Health
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Parents say son accused of threatening South Bend congressman needs help, not jail
GRANGER — Brett Keiling, 46, who is charged with threatening U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly and his office staff, is a mentally ill man who badly needs help rather than incarceration, according to his elderly parents.
"When he was a child, I thought I...Tags: Mental Illness, Mental Health, Colleges and Universities, Employees, Chemical Industry
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Mother battles Michigan over daughter's medication
DETROIT (AP) — Frustration over her physically impaired daughter's medical care led Maryanne Godboldo to lash out at what she considered state interference and into a 12-hour standoff when Detroit police came to take the girl away. When it ended,...Tags: Meningitis, Behavioral Conditions, Detroit, Wisconsin, Diseases and Illnesses
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DSM-5 is here: Are psychiatrists ready to stop arguing about it?
Finally. After many contentious years, the American Psychiatric Assn. has unleashed DSM-5, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. If you know one thing about the DSM, it’s probably that this book is...
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Multiple concussions tied to more suicidal thoughts
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who've sustained multiple brain injuries throughout their life were more likely to report suicidal thoughts than people with one or no concussions, according to a new study of deployed U.S. military personnel....Tags: Behavioral Conditions, University of Utah, Suicide, Iraq, Depression
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Psychiatrists unveil their long-awaited diagnostic 'bible'
ReutersBy Sharon Begley NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - The long-awaited, controversial new edition of the bible of psychiatry can be characterized by many numbers: its 947 pages, its $199 price tag, its more than 300 maladies (from "dependent personality...Tags: Mental Illness, Mental Health, Colleges and Universities, Science, Symptoms
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Religion and Belief, Mental Health, Colleges and Universities, Symptoms, Chemical Industry
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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Oak Park
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Is grief a mental illness? Psychiatrists, critics face off over revised diagnostic guidebook
AP Medical WriterCHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one's death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain "senior moments" are called "mild...Tags: Mental Illness, Learning Disability, Mental Health, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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