Mental health and addiction services get $1 million injection   From Lindsay post-A recent decision by the Central East LHIN Board of Directors to provide $1,045,181 in new funding for targeted Mental Health and Addictions projects that focus on youth support and transitions and the addictions sector will allow this to happen...

Gambling and Depression Consistently Linked (February 11 2008) From PR WEB Press Release
Dual Diagnosis is a term commonly used to describe the treatment of drug addiction in conjunction with a mental disorders like depression or bi-polar disorder but addiction treatment specialists now urge the use of dual diagnosis for the treatment of a much wider array of addictions......

Every 5thBulgarian suffers mental disorder, prof. Vihra Mihaylova, director of Psychiatric Clinic announced-
20% or 1,4 million Bulgarians have mental derangement, including chronic addictions.........

Legislators eye treatment of inmates with mental illness February 11, 2008)  From Rutland herald-The House Institutions Committee took a deep look at the state of Vermont's mental health programs with the Corrections Department last week with an eye...

Healing a Troubled Mind Takes More Than a Pill ( February 10, 2008)  From Washington Post - United States
But recovering from mental illness is rarely that simple. I know. As an optimistic 18-year-old freshman at Harvard in the 1980s, I found myself afflicted by ...

The view from a perspective few possess (February 9, 2008):  Globe and Mail - Canada
options for so-called dual-diagnosed or concurrent disorder patients. These are people with a drug or alcohol addiction as well as a mental illness. ...

New Report Offers Comprehensive Look at Mental Health in Minnesota (February 6, 2008):Earthtimes - London,UK The Minnesota Council of Health Plans today released the first and most comprehensive overview of mental health care in ...

GNIF Brain Blogger Publishes Living with a Brain Disorder Interviews

Living with a Brain Disorder Project Launched by the Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation

Wii boost for care home residents (30th January 2008)

The young victims of a system in need of reform (30th January 2008)

Funding squabbles delay mental health sectioning On Medical Staff (Thursday, 31 January 2008)

Life may begin at 40, but research suggests that 44 is the age at which we are most vulnerable to depression (29th January 2008)

Depression: normal emotions too often taken for a disease (3rd February 2008)

Eliminating Tobacco Use in Mental Health Facilities(6th February 2008)