Member Community

National Council in the News:

• Mental illness is a distraction in conversations on gun violence, advocates say
  Hartford Courant | Reprint of article featuring Dr. Parks and the Mass Violence report
• Skoog: We need to examine the reasons behind mass shootings
  Minnesota Daily | Op-ed analyzing mass shootings quotes the Mass Violence report
• Another Psychiatric Drug, Another Act of Senseless Violence: the All-Too Often Finding in Mass Killings CCHR reports
  FOX 34 | Church of Scientology-run organization issues press release that claims Mental Health First Aid is an attempt to push more people to use psychiatric drugs

Public Policy:

• Trump administration U-turns on decision to deport migrants with life-threatening health issues - The Independent
• 'The nightmare everyone is worried about': HIV cases tied to opioids spike in West Virginia county - POLITICO
• Judge questions Alaska agency's finding of 'emergency' to cut Medicaid payments - The Hill

General Behavioral Health:

• Rural Wisconsin schools getting mental health help by video - Channel 3000
• Amid a national epidemic, Penn launches a center to study opioid addiction - Daily Pennsylvanian
• She spent more than $110,000 on drug rehab. Her son still died - Vox

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Nicholas Thomas
National Council for Behavioral Health
540-834-7590
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