University of Kansas to offer military mental health first aid training
November 21, 2014
The University of Kansas is offering a military mental health first aid course. The course is designed to help active military members, veterans, their families and people who work with them recognize and respond to signs of mental illness. The...
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KU to offer military mental health training
November 21, 2014
The University of Kansas is offering a military mental health first aid course. The course is designed to help active military members, veterans, their families and people who work with them recognize and respond to signs of mental illness. The...
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Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam calls for Medicaid expansion
November 21, 2014
The key to providing access to quality health care for those with a mental illness lies in the expansion of Medicaid, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday to a crowd of 500 at the 25th annual Thanksgiving banquet of Hampton-Newport News...
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KU to offer military mental health first aid training
November 21, 2014
A mental health first aid course designed to help active military members, veterans, their families and people who work with them recognize and respond to signs of mental illness will be conducted Saturday at the University of Kansas. 11/21/2014 Link...
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Pharmacy Choice – Pharmaceutical News – Virginia Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam calls for Medicaid expansion [Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)]
November 21, 2014
The key to providing access to quality health care for those with a mental illness lies in the expansion of Medicaid, Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam said Thursday to a crowd of 500 at the 25th annual Thanksgiving banquet of Hampton-Newport...
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Headlines for Friday, November 21, 2014
November 21, 2014
The University of Kansas is offering a military mental health first aid course. The course is designed to help active military members, veterans, their families and people who work with them recognize and respond to signs of mental illness. The...
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We’re in this together
November 20, 2014
Mental illness is not one person’s problem. It touches our friends, family, neighbors, classmates and colleagues. Fixing the cracks in the mental health system will require the efforts of everyone. Not just politicians and police, but teachers, parents, social workers, lawyers,...
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Feds, Fairfax County look into Northern Virginia suicides following 3 deaths since September
November 20, 2014
Federal and local health officials are investigating potential suicide clusters in Fairfax County following the deaths of three teenage girls since September. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the county health department are looking into the suicides at...
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Feds, county look into northern Virginia suicides
November 20, 2014
Federal and local health officials are investigating potential suicide clusters in Fairfax County following the deaths of three teenage girls since September. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the county health department are looking into the suicides at...
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DHS students focus on mental health along border
November 19, 2014
Deming High School students participated in a student focus group as part of the Paso del Norte Health Foundation’s Think.Change initiative that is working to reduce the mental health stigma in the borderland. 11/19/2014 Link to Source
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Family struggles to explain girl’s death, among 3 teen suicides in Fairfax since Sept.
November 19, 2014
As a family mourns 16-year-old Cara Golias, a federal and county study into risk factors begins. 11/19/2014 Link to source Â
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Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Announces $40,000 in Community-Based Grants
November 19, 2014
Continuing its tradition of giving back to the communities it serves, today Lahey Hospital & Medical Center announced the distribution of $40,000 in grants to local community-based organizations. These grants will allow the organizations to develop, expand or implement cutting-edge...
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