mental health care

Adopted Then Discarded

Adopted then Discarded

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000

In 2000, a CBS news magazine show 48 Hours episode followed a Georgia couple as they took their nine-year-old adopted daughter back to Russia, saying they couldn't find the psychological help that she needed in the United States. ….. Every nation has …
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Bill Lockyer: New program makes critical 'investment in mental health wellness'

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000

Expand "crisis residential treatment" capacity by at least 2,000 beds. Patients … These medical staff will help ensure individuals obtain medical care, specialized mental health care, alcohol or drug treatment, and social, educational and other …
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Blurred Lines at the Border

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000

Last year, during the height of the “religious freedom” fracas over the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraception-coverage requirement, three Catholic laywomen made the church's case to an audience at the Catholic Information Center (CIC) in downtown …
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Don't forget about a prescribing physician's failure to read warnings

Filed under: drug addiction treatment act 2000

[The prescriber] admitted at his deposition that he never reviewed [defendant's generic drug] label before treating [plaintiff] and that “nothing about it influenced [his] prescribing of the drug” or what he told [plaintiff] about it. …. contained …
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