Arts Studio advocates protest cuts to mental-health services – On July 5, 2013, members and supporters of mental-health services gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery to protest program cuts, including the closure of the…

 

Turned away: How Virginia mental health system let Creigh Deeds' family down

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Gus Deeds was evaluated under an emergency custody order by mental health professionals and released Monday, Dennis Cropper, executive director of the Rockbridge County Community Services Board, told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The custody …
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Senator's Son: A Lack of Adequate Mental Health Services?

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… is recovering after being stabbed at his Bath County home yesterday, evidently by his 24-year-old son. The attack and subsequent apparent suicide by Gus Deeds have raised new concerns about whether Virginia provides adequate mental health services.
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Mental health slots are scarce

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Cobuchi said the Rappahannock CSB tries to place people in mental health crises either at Snowden, which has 40 beds, or at Spotsylvania Regional. Those two facilities “get full pretty frequently,” she said, meaning the CSB has to find beds in other …
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More Than Half Of Teens With Mental Health Problems Aren't Getting Treatment …

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And among teens with psychiatric disorders who do receive treatment, the health care providers are not often mental health specialists, but rather school counselors, pediatricians and probation officers, said researchers from the Duke Center for Child …
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