Arizona

Finding the time to extend a helping hand
Casa Grande Dispatch

Advocacy/Awareness 

What the Therapist Thinks About You
New York Times

Mental health care deal reached
Albany Times Union

Mental Health Crisis Observation Center to Offer Free Services
WHO TV (Des Moines, IA)

When you can’t let go: Treatment can break the grip of hoarding disorder
Chicago Tribune

Connecticut Hospitals Responding to Psychiatric Restraint Numbers
WNPR (Hartford, CT)

This Recovery Program Is an Increasingly Important Alternative to AA
Huffington Post

Living With OCD
Huffington Post

Integrated Care

Florida Shifts Medicaid Mental Health Strategy
Medscape

Editorial: Inexcusable
Lawrence Journal-World

Legal/Corrections

Dodging Decarceration: The Shell Game of ‘Getting Smart’ on Crime
Huffington Post

Study shows Oklahoma spends least in nation on prisoner health care
The Oklahoman

Lawsuit: Inmate left untreated in New Mexico jail
Merced Sun-Star

Military/Veterans

Challenges for female war veterans
Danbury News Times

Policy/Funding

Laura’s Law Mental Health Program Approved By San Francisco Supes
KNTV (San Jose, CA)

Idaho Medicaid curbs payments for some disorders
Idaho Statesman

Science/Research

What drives a child to abuse alcohol?
Science Codex

Openness predicts cognitive function in bipolar disorder
MedWire News

Very-late-onset schizophrenia linked to particularly high mortality risk
MedWire News

Youth

Summer camp offers special help for children with ADHD
Chicago Tribune