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Mental Health News Archives
March 2009 Army commander: More mental health workers needed
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A top Army commander said Wednesday at Fort Bragg that repeated deployments strain relationships and factor in the spike in suicides among Army personnel. "Over 70 percent of the cases last year, this thing starts with a problem with a relationship,” Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli told reporters at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg. “It is usually compounded by some other issue that occurs. It could be financial, legal, substance abuse or trouble with the law... We have to work programs that will help people mend those relationships." Recession breeds stress, anxiety
Eileen Griffin always wanted to own a bookstore. So three years ago, when she retired from her job as a national account manager for Random House, she took all her savings and opened the Griffin Bookshop and Coffee Bar in downtown Fredericksburg, Va. It became a local favorite, with live music performances on Friday and Saturday nights. "This is my big dream. When I retired, I thought, "This is great — I'm going to open a bookstore and a coffee bar," she said. "Then the economy started doing what it's doing." A homeless person’s perspective: Seeking a normal life
Willie Earl Walker says he’s ready to lead a normal life in a normal neighborhood, but he knows full well the short worth of his words. A convicted felon and recovering addict who’s stayed sober four months and counting, he’s also ready for the cold shoulders and wary eyes likely to greet him from the family next door, should he land a spot in supportive housing for the chronically homeless. For now, though, he’ll bide his time on a waiting list read the full article February 2009 New program announced for drug addicted, mentally ill
There are programs in Nashville's courts to deal with mental health problems and drug addiction, but until now, nobody was equipped to treat both. The city's newest residential treatment center will have 16 beds to help nonviolent offenders who struggle with both a diagnosed mental illness and a drug or alcohol addiction. The program will be funded by a $634,000 federal grant and administered through the Mental Health Court. read the full article Self-care is key to progress As a physician's assistant at Skyline Hospital Madison, I see women every day who are at the breaking point, mentally, because they are physically and spiritually exhausted. Too often, women are burned out because they haven't taken the time to take care of themselves. Before they know it, another year has passed, and they haven't had their annual physical or their mammogram, checked their hormone levels, gone on a vacation, or even read a book. As a result, they develop a health issue that, left unidentified and/or unaddressed, spirals into a mental health issue, and it doesn't even occur to them that one could be related to the other. read the full article Advocacy group urges state to maintain funding for mental health programs Advocates say proposed cuts in state programs for the mentally ill would cause some people to lose stability and would worsen problems ranging from homelessness to violence. "We are either going to have to pay a little bit on the front end, or we are going to pay a lot on the back end after a lot of personal tragedy and damage to our communities," said Sita Diehl, executive director of NAMI Tennessee, an advocacy group for the mentally ill. read the full article J&J, Vanderbilt Team Up on Schizophrenia Drugs In an unusually extensive collaboration between an academic institution and a drug maker, Vanderbilt University will partner with Johnson & Johnson to develop new drugs to treat schizophrenia. The Tennessee university will receive about $10 million from J&J over the next three years, plus as much as $100 million in additional payments if it meets certain research milestones. The deal is scheduled to be announced Friday. read the full article |
