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ADVOCACY/AWARENESS
Recovery to Practice Special Feature (SAMHSA)
Peer Specialists as Educators for Recovery-Based Systems Transformation
Psychiatric Times
Race and mental illness: Do African Americans suffer more schizophrenia or is it bias?
Detained immigrants with mental illnesses face barriers in court
Foundation for Excellence in Mental Healthcare Begins Funding First Projects
The
Few area people getting mental health help needed
Oak Ridger
Henderson: We can't just make mentally ill go away
Psychiatric Diagnosis by the People's Choice
Huffington Post
Huffington Post
Merlene Davis: Learning the warning signs of suicide could save a life
Your Brain May Be "Wired" For Addiction (But You Don't Have To Surrender)
Forbes
Mothers in nonprofit program share stories about forging a future without drugs
Attorney general sees prescription drug abuse, addiction as epidemic in Maine
SAMHSA
MILITARY/VETERANS
VA Seeing Spike In Homeless Vets With Families
Madigan memo on PTSD costs sparked Army review
Law OKs cross-state PTSD telehealth counseling
Army Times
Lessons In Healing: Vietnam Vets Find Solace Through "Soldier's Heart"
Huffington Post
POLICY/FUNDING
Medicaid asks for funding for substance-abuse treatment
Louisiana health secretary pledges to help New Orleans maintain mental health services amid cuts
YOUTH
'Ritalin Gone Wrong': Is ADHD Caused By Bad Parenting?
Huffington Post
SCIENCE/RESEARCH
Is Twitter Really More Addictive than Alcohol? The Vagaries of Will and Desire
TIME
Cognitive Therapy Benefits Low-Functioning Patients With Schizophrenia
Clinical Psychiatry News
Best Not to Treat Time as Money
PsychCentral
Abortion Doesn’t Up Risk of Inpatient Readmission
PsychCentral
SWPBIS School Program Reduces Bullying
PsychCentral
New Study Fails to Tie Antidepressant to Suicide in Kids
PsychCentral
Different Brain Activity for Solitaire vs. Hearts
PsychCentral
Co-Worker Support Reduces Workplace Stress, Ups Productivity
PsychCentral
The Dark Path to Antisocial Personality Disorder
Science Daily
Psychoeducation improves medication adherence in bipolar affective disorder
MedWire News
Minor motor and sensory deficits in recent schizophrenia linked to brain changes
MedWire News
