Truthout
Mental Health
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Health Care in the US as Seen From Down Under: “Mens Sana in Insanus Patriae“
Aussies' Medicare treats health care as a human right, offering better outcomes than the United States for much less cost, and insurers even offer plans for pets that many …
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Those With Mental Health Challenges Fight Rahm Emanuel’s Cutting of Their Support Network
In an excerpt from her book, 'Mayor 1%: Rahm Emanuel and the Rise of Chicago's 99%,' author Kari Lydersen describes how mental health advocates occupied and protested the closing …
Parents of Autistic Teen Entrapped by Cops Sue School District
The student was arrested in school in front of his classmates as part of a sting that nabbed 22 students in all, many of them children with special needs.
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Got His Gun – Lost His Legs, Arms and Penis
Statistically, what happens to U.S. troops is almost nothing. In human terms, it's overwhelming.
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Chelsea Manning Reveals Gender Identity; Army Unlikely to Grant Hormone Therapy Request
Just a day after being sentenced to 35 years in jail, Chelsea (formerly known as Bradley) Manning requested hormone therapy to live as a woman, but a spokesman said …
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New York Promised Help for Mentally Ill Inmates – but Still Sticks Many in Solitary
Since protections were first added to protect inmates with mental illness in solitary confinement, the number of inmates diagnosed with severe mental illness has dropped.
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The Political Roots of American Obesity
Doctor of Oriental medicine E. Douglas Kihn argues that the squeezing of the American worker, starting under the Reagan Administration, has created a worried, hurried population succumbing to
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Disability Advocates, Nursing Home Industry Battle for Health Care Dollars for Aging, Disabled
Most elderly and disabled people prefer home- or community-based care. It's also cheaper, but state and federal policy often favors the assisted-living industry. Now, activists are speaking up.
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In Gun Debate, No Rift on Better Care for Mentally Ill
Senate Democratic aides said that there is likely to be at least one mental health bill offered as an amendment to the larger gun package.
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Richard Lichtman: The Violent Disorder of Our Public Mind
Capitalism is a system of power in blatant opposition to democracy.