Mental health treatment costs $5b

Mental health treatment costs $5b
Researchers have tallied the cost of Australia’s existing mental health services.
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Mental health treatment costs $5bn

Mental health treatment costs $5bn
AMID political debate on how much should be spent, new research has put the annual cost of mental health services in Australia at more than $5 billion.
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Health, rights groups say ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan being denied medical treatment, refuge

Health, rights groups say ethnic Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan being denied medical treatment, refuge
International health and rights groups said Wednesday that minority ethnic Uzbeks in southern Kyrgyzstan are being deprived of medical treatment and opportunities to seek refuge in neighboring U…
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Prostate Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Options

Dr. Joseph Presti, urology professor at Stanford University Medical Center, talks about current practices related to prostate cancer. He focuses on prevention, diagnostic techniques and treatment options.

Opinions: Africans Fight Malaria; Access To AIDS Treatment; Noncommunicable Disease Summit; Maternal, Child Health …

Opinions: Africans Fight Malaria; Access To AIDS Treatment; Noncommunicable Disease Summit; Maternal, Child Health …
Africans’ Involvement Helps Fight Malaria On The Continent In an East African opinion piece, U.N. Special Envoy for Malaria Ray Chambers; Mark Green, the director of the Malaria No More Policy Center; and John Bridgeland, vice chairman of Malaria No More, [...]

Substance Abuse Treatment & Recovery Approaches for Women

Substance Abuse Treatment & Recovery Approaches for Women. Host: Ivette Torres, Associate Director for Consumer Affairs, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Invited Panelists: Becca Crowell, executive director of Nexus Recovery Center; Duiona Baker, associate administrator for women’s services [...]

Mental-health treatment ordered for man who lured boy at Pike Place Market

Mental-health treatment ordered for man who lured boy at Pike Place Market
Robert Steiner Jr., 66, was given credit for 318 days served in jail and ordered to undergo mental-health treatment for luring a 5-year-old boy from his family at the Pike Place Market in April.
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Hospital boards not the treatment for public health: Lucas

Hospital boards not the treatment for public health: Lucas
The federal opposition’s plan to roll out local hospital boards is a “smokescreen” for a policy that would fail to boost health funding, Queensland Health Minister Paul Lucas says.
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