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Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) and other mental health advocates made opening remarks at the National Alliance on Mental Illness’s 2014 annual national convention. The opening plenary…

The National Alliance on Mental Health held its annual national convention. In the first panel, officials from various veteran service organizations talked about resources available for vete…

Officials from the Defense and Veterans Departments took part in a discussion looking at the range of mental health and counseling services available to returning war veterans. Among the top…

Pamela Hyde spoke about mental health and substance abuse issues, focusing on how changes in federal law would affect the treatment of mental disorders and substance abuse. She also answered…

Mental health professionals spoke to reporters about a recent state-by-state report on mental health programs, improvements in treatments for various diseases, and challenges facing the heal…

Participants talked about the improvements in mental health awareness and the need for continued improvements in treatment. They focused on the difficulty that many doctors have diagnosing m…

Panelists focused on providing the mentally ill with full access to health care and ending discrimination against the mentally ill. They also discussed legislation that deals with patient ca…