Archive for 'Mental Health'
Morning Report: Seattle and National News Roundup
Washington officials consider adoption of a “Guilty, but mentally ill” plea
Both Seattle papers have front-page articles today (Dec. 29) on mental health issues in Washington state.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Carol Smith writes on the “conundrum” facing society when the mentally ill commit crimes.
Smith tells of two cases that highlight the problem.
In one case, a man with [...]
Posted: December 29th, 2008 under Health Law, Health-care Policy, Mental Health.
Tags: Criminal Law, Law, Mental Health
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King County Council to vote on $50-million mental health and drug treatment plan
The King County Council will vote next Monday on a plan that will use $50 million a year of sales tax revenues to fund programs that will direct people with mental illness and drug dependency to treatment programs and social services instead of jails and hospitals.
Among the goals of the County’s Mental Illness and Drug [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2008 under Mental Health, Social & Family Issues, Substance Abuse, Uncategorized.
Tags: King County Council, Mental Illness and Drug Dependency Action Plan
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Many genes may play role in schizophrenia, UW researchers find
For many years scientists have been trying to find a genetic cause for schizophrenia, a devastating brain disorder that affects 1 in 100 Americans.
People with schizophrenia may hear voices, see things that are not there and have other delusions.
The risk for developing schizophrenia seems to run in some families, so researchers have thought that changes [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2008 under Genetics & Birth Defects, Mental Health, Uncategorized.
Tags: Psychiatry, Psychology, Schizophrenia
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