Congress hears military missteps, improvements in treating mental health
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chris Scheuerman believes the military he served for 20 years failed his Army son Jason, who shot himself to death in his Iraq barracks almost three years ago. Carefully choosing his words before a hushed congressional audience Friday, the father spoke of how the 20-year-old private’s superiors largely ignored the soldier’s signs [...]
READ MOREColorado’s March 2008 Revenue Forecast
Colorado’s March 2008 Revenue Forecast-Compliments of Capitol Success Group Four times a year the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) asks the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) and the non-partisan Legislative Council (Leg Council) to each submit quarterly estimates of the revenue forecast for the current year, and for the next five years. [...]
READ MOREAnalysts propose trimming veterans mental health initiative
Feb 22, 2008 1:00 AM BALTIMORE Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration wants $3.5 million to provide short-term mental health services for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. But legislative analysts recommend the funding be cut in half because the services are fundamentally a federal responsibility and the estimates of the veterans needing the treatment are too [...]
READ MORESen. Keller wins national award for championing mental health legislation
Rocky Mountain News Tuesday, March 11 at 2:08 PM Sen. Moe Keller has won the national 2008 State Legislator of the Year award from the American Psychological Association. The Wheat Ridge Democrat was honored for her successful leadership on legislation to improve mental-health coverage for Coloradans. In 2007, she passed a bill expanding mental health [...]
READ MORE2nd chance for mentally ill teens
Life was spiraling in the wrong direction for Stephanie Winkler — 18 years old with a month-old son, an arrest for fighting with the baby’s father and therapy for depression. Colorado’s first juvenile mental-health court program — designed to keep juveniles with mental-health diagnoses out of the criminal justice system — threw Winkler a life [...]
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National Council News
- Survey Finds Behavioral Health Professionals Earn Less Than Fast Food Workers April 11, 2011
- 2011 Class Chosen for National Council Psychiatric Leadership Program April 7, 2011
- National Council Leadership Program to Eliminate Health Disparities March 14, 2011
- Experienced Voices Portray the Real Needs of Persons with Mental Illness March 14, 2011
SAMHSA News
- TIP 54: Managing Chronic Pain in Adults With or in Recovery From Substance Use Disorders January 1, 2012
- Injection Drug Abuse Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment: 1992 and 2009 December 1, 2011
- Results from the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH): Mental Health Findings December 1, 2011