wcco.com -    WASHINGTON (AP) ― After a 12-year fight, mental health advocates won passage of legislation championed by the late Minnesota Sen. Paul Wellstone to require insurance companies to treat mental health on an equal basis with physical illn... (Read More)

www.nytimes.com -    WASHINGTON — Powerful antipsychotic medicines are being used far too cavalierly in children, and federal drug regulators must do more to warn doctors of their substantial risks, a panel of federal drug experts said Tuesday. More than 3... (Read More)

www.time.com -    Cynthia Scott is your average health conscious 56-year-old. She watches what she eats, drinks lots of water and takes a multivitamin every morning. She goes for frequent walks and visits her doctor regularly for check-ups, including chol... (Read More)

health.usnews.com -    MONDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- It's called "off-label" prescribing, and it's the common practice of doctors prescribing a drug to treat a disease or condition that's different from the one studied by federal regulators that led to t... (Read More)

www.guardian.co.uk -    People from black minority ethnic (BME) groups are three times more likely than average to be admitted as inpatients in mental health units, says a report released today by the Healthcare Commission.Despite efforts to address the issue, ... (Read More)

www.charleston.net -    Six mental health patients spent Labor Day weekend in Trident Medical Center's emergency department. As hospital staff struggled to funnel the patients into an overloaded and shrinking mental health care network, they filled nearly half ... (Read More)

www.usatoday.com -   Publicly funded mental health care for children has improved in the past 25 years, but top officials in more than one out of five states say no child with serious mental disorders receives good care in their states, a report says today.The rep... (Read More)

media.charlotteobserver.com - Kevin Siers' cartoons are distributed to over 400 newspapers nationwide by King Features Syndicate. He and his wife and son reside in Charlotte.... (Read More)