Tag: mental illness
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Online training could help rural doctors offer better mental health care
More than half of all U.S. mental health care takes place at the primary-care level, and that percentage is even higher in rural areas, where mental-health doctors are often hundreds...
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Amid legislative action on ‘Larry’s Law,’ report says mentally ill and intellectually disabled don’t belong in personal-care homes
By Tara Kaprowy Kentucky Health News As state legislators move to change the procedure for admitting mentally ill patients to personal-care homes, a new report argues those patients shouldn’t be...
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Extensive series focuses on the many faces of mental illness
Mental illness in Rowan County is the subject of an eight-part series of stories written by Noelle Hunter for The Morehead News. With Part 1 largely an introduction to the...
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2009 U.S. suicide rate highest in 15 years; 600 Ky. teens in 2010
The year 2009 had the highest number of suicides in 15 years, data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate. Between 2008 and 2009, the suicide rate...
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Bills would require more assessment before a patient can be admitted to a personal-care home
Legislation dubbed “Larry’s Law” is aimed at preventing what happened to Larry Lee from happening again. House Bill 307, filed by Democratic Rep. Terry Mills, right, “would require an individual...
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Rosalynn Carter Fellowships help journalists report about mental health; applications due April 16
The Carter Center Mental Health Program is providing six Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for journalists to report on a selected mental-health or mental-illness topic for one year. The center overseen by...
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Monday, Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day
Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day, observed with the aim of raising public awareness about mental health issues. On average, Kentuckians report four mentally unhealthy days per month. Adults...
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Second death in five years raises questions about placement of mentally ill Kentuckians in personal-care homes
The second death in five years of a mentally ill person who has walked out of a personal care home has “prompted advocates for the brain injured and the mentally...
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Caregivers of wounded soldiers find their lives are also changed; getting compensation
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan disproportionately affect rural areas, which provide more than the average number of recruits. The soldiers who make it home alive come back changed, with...
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Fellowships of $10,000 available for reporting on mental health
Each year the Carter Center Mental Health Program awards six Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism to six American journalists. They get a stipend of $10,000 to report on a mental health topic...