Senator Roméo Dallaire speaks to mental health problems and illnesses – Senator Roméo Dallaire, a devotee of and strong believer in peer support, emphasized that families need to be part of the solution in addressing mental health problems and illnesses, and the solution is fundamentally based on peer support at the October 5th 2011 Peer Support meeting in Ottawa, ON..

 

Mental Health Treatment An Issue In Clark County

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Not by putting guns in the classroom but by putting more resources in the classrooms so we can identify mental health issues, potential dangerous students and give them the proper tools to make students healthier.” Murillo added that guns in the …
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Will Mental Health Issues Be A Factor In Sandy Hook Shooting?

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DETROIT (WWJ) – Mental health issues are predicted to come to the forefront as police unravel what led to Adam Lanza opening fire on a classroom full of first graders Friday in Newtown, Conn. Many believe Lanza had Asperger's syndrome, which falls on …
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Plan would aid those with mental health issues

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Waiting in emergency rooms isn't where a person suffering a mental health crisis should be. A plan released by the state last week would spend more than $ 10 million to get those people help more quickly. The plan would reopen 12 beds at New Hampshire …
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Time to focus on children's mental health

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What we do know, however, is that as many as 100,000 of Virginia's children and youth struggle with serious mental health disorders, and many are not getting the treatment they require. Topics · Family · Health and Safety at School · Behavioral …
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