New Maryland Mental Health Initiative Focuses on Identifying and Treating …

by Álvaro Rivas

New Maryland mental health initiative focuses on identifying and treating …
That entails beefing up three existing mental-health programs at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, adding a fourth that includes researchers and clinicians at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and coordinating all four under a … Read more on Baltimore Sun

Medical Clinic Proposed for Mascoma Area
Students in the Mascoma Valley Regional School District are significantly more likely than other students around New Hampshire to abuse alcohol, use tobacco and smoke marijuana, according to a 2011 report from the Mascoma Valley Health Initiative, … Read more on Valley News

City reports progress, challenges in residents' health
"I learned early on in my career in medicine, and it's true across any business discipline, what doesn't get measured doesn't get managed," said Dr. Oxiris Barbot. "This is an opportunity … And drug and alcohol visits jumped more than 84 percent … Read more on Baltimore Sun

ebt – Electronic Benefit Transfer, or EBT, is the new method by which the government provides money-for-food under the federal food stamps program. http://www.food…