Legislative Spotlight: Mental Health Services Needed
... psychiatric unit for children. Since then, every child and teenager in need of hospitalization for emotional or mental distress (28 during December) has been sent to Westchester County for treatment. Due to … Read more on Poughkeepsie Journal State workers fare well in House budget plan The budget also will include about $ 10 million more in funding for mental health services than proposed by McDonnell. He had requested an additional $ 38.4 million in response to an attack on Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, by his son, Austin C. "Gus … Read more on The Daily Progress Read ...
Needle in the House – When in Doubt – Call the Cops
... In The House – When In Doubt – Call The Cops – TAGS: 3 Trees, 3 Programs, Murder In Surrey, When In Doubt, Police, Gun Shots, Green Space, Homelessness, Shelter, Community, Heroin, Drugs, Bush, Teens, Men… Connecting the dots, recognizing red flags of mental illness The topic is timely considering numerous tragic events nationwide and in Virginia related to mental illness and violence, including the suicide last month of state senator Creigh Deeds' son preceded by him stabbing his father. Former longtime probation … Read more on The Daily Progress Read ...