Mental Health First Aid Training Available
The Mental Health Association in S.B. County is promoting a certification program. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:09:04 -0800

Most Teens Who Self-Harm Are Not Evaluated for Mental Health in ER
FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Most children and teens who deliberately injure themselves are discharged from emergency rooms without an evaluation of their mental health, a new study shows. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:48:08 -0800

Proposed Utah mental health drug law poses risks, critics say
Proposed Utah mental health drug law poses risks, critics say By Julia Lyon The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 10, 2012 05:13PM MDT A proposal to create a “preferred” drug list for mental health patients on Medicaid has placed community advocates — once again — on the defensive. They believe any such list could limit medication access for a vulnerable population whose drugs are often finely ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:18:33 -0800

Mental Health 'Bible' Under Fire
More than 11,000 people have signed an online petition calling for a review of the changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:45:46 -0800

Mental health: British shrinks beg to differ
New American definitions of illness provoke controversy among British mental health professionals Michael Goldfarb From this side of the Atlantic, the U.S. increasingly looks like a loony bin. The Republican debates may be the best reality show ever invented but they do not enhance America's reputation abroad for being a sane, stable society. No surprise then that health-care professionals in ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:25:32 -0800

Employers Meet to Learn How to Deal with Mental Health in the Workplace
Employers Meet to Learn How to Deal with Mental Health in the Workplace Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:41:00 -0800

Experts blast new mental health 'bible'
Millions of healthy people - including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes - may be wrongly labeled mentally ill by a new international diagnostic manual, specialists complained on Thursday. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:16:02 -0800

Canadians talk about mental health like never before on Bell Let's Talk Day
Canadians talk about mental health like never before on Bell Let's Talk Day Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:14:00 -0800

High cost of mental health failure
Failing to tackle mental health problems among people with conditions such as diabetes and heart disease is costing the NHS billions every year, researchers have said. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:50:13 -0800

Mental-health services face cuts
Mental-health care providers and advocates are warning that looming cuts at the county's Mental Health & Recovery Services Board will mean tough choices and fewer services for the mentally ill and their families. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:10:33 -0800