Tag: mental health
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Kentucky receives an F grade for its low funding of mental-health services; supply falls short of demand
Kentucky’s supply of mental-health services is much lower than demand for those services, in terms of state funding, and the state spends only 45 percent of the national average in mental-health...
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Essential-benefits rule expands mental-health and substance-abuse coverage; Ky. needs more facilities to treat newly eligible
The Department of Health and Human Services has defined the 10 “essential health benefits” insurance plans must provide, and it included benefits for mental health and treatment of substance-abuse disorders.. Nearly...
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Report says veteran suicide rate is up from 2007
Almost every hour in this country, on average, a veteran commits suicide. The Department of Veterans Affairs reported that 22 veterans per day took their own lives in 2010, up...
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Improving Kentucky’s mental health calls for the action of schools and doctors to identify children’s mental health needs early
Many people may think that addressing mental health needs in Kentucky relies mostly on more funding, but its effectiveness hinges more on the ability to identify children who need help...
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UK, not questioned mental-health agency, will run Eastern State
Herald-Leader photo by Mark Mahan: Hospital nears completion The University of Kentucky will manage the new Eastern State Hospital, replacing the Bluegrass Regional Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, which has operated...
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State Auditor Edelen faults Bluegrass mental-health agency for executive compensation, lax management and board oversight
The Bluegrass Regional Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, a nonprofit agency that gets two-thirds of its money from taxpayers, “paid more than $2.8 million in executive-benefit contributions since 1997 to the...
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UK team gets $1.5 million NIH grant to continue success with cell-level study of Alzheimer’s disease factor
University of Kentucky researchers have provided the first direct evidence that activated astrocytes could play a harmful role in Alzheimer’s disease. A UK news release explains, “The astrocyte is a...
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Report: 110,000 Ky. youth 16 to 24 aren’t in school or employed; state’s rate of ‘disconnected youth’ exceeds U.S. average
Almost 110,000 teens and young adults in Kentucky are not enrolled in school and are not employed, even part-time, according to a new Kids Count report from the Annie E. Casey...
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N. Ky. Chamber to ask state for more funding to fight heroin; London police make first known heroin trafficking arrests there
The Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce is planning to lobby the state for more funding for heroin treatment after receiving reports from business and law enforcement about the breadth and...
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Kentucky parents’ overall perception of Kentucky children’s health doesn’t match the statistics, foundation survey finds
Many Kentucky parents’ perception of their children’s health doesn’t match statistics, suggesting that many health problems are going undetected or untreated. That is the upshot of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky‘s first...