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South Carolina Medicaid patients with AIDS, cancer or mental illness will have to use generic drugs if available under a budget measure the Senate agreed to Tuesday. Full story
South Carolina Medicaid patients with AIDS, cancer or mental illness will have to use generic drugs if available under a budget measure the Senate agreed to Tuesday. Full story
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Preexisting mental health problems could be setting soldiers up for posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, when they return from the battlefield, U.S. Navy researchers said Monday. Full story
A graduation ceremony is to be held for eight nonviolent felony offenders with serious mental illnesses. Full story
Lawmakers voted to preserve a program that would help keep mentally handicapped people at home with their families, but they held off on the most controversial items of a touchy, $617 million mental health budget during a weekend meeting. Full story
A state appeals court ruled this week that Alzheimer's patients can't be committed against their will, saying involuntary commitment was only permissible for people with mental illnesses that can be treated. Full story
A judge has ruled that a Twin Cities man who admitted drowning his infant son in a laundry tub last year is not guilty because he was mentally ill. Full story
Rebbie Jackson is going on tour to heighten awareness about mental illness, suicide and the help that's available — something her own daughter knows much about.
