» Pennsylvania Mental Health Coalition Urges Governor To Protect Funding For Community Services In Wake Of Reduced Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
The Mental Health/Mental Retardation (MH/MR) Coalition sent a letter to Governor Edward G. Rendell urging him to protect funding to services for people with mental illness, intellectual disabilities and substance abuse disorders during the budget balancing process...

» There's No Place Like Home: Paul Huljich — the Bipolar Man Who Cured Himself — Addresses How Teenage Mental Illness Relates to the Homeless Youth in the U.S.
NEW YORK,  Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent report issued by the MacArthur Foundation Research Network, one in five teens suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder.  Young people with a history of mental disorders face great adversity in life.  Nearly 40% of youth with m

» Presidential Election Outcomes Directly Influence Suicide Rates
Change and hope were central themes to the November 2008 U.S. presidential election. A new longitudinal study published in the September issue of Social Science Quarterly analyzes suicide rates at a state level from 1981-2005 and determines that presidential election outcomes directly influence suicide rates among voters...