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Community News:

Local Health Partners Release Findings from the 2012 Quad Cities Community Health Assessment

News from NAMI:

NAMI Basics: New Study on the Importance of Education and Support for Families of Children and Adolescents Living with Mental Illness

Psychosis Survey: Twenty Percent Say No One Helped; Dramatic Difference Exists in Family Perceptions of Symptoms; NAMI Launches Website to Bridge the Gap

Children and Adolescents:

NAMI Child & Adolescent Action Center

What Families can do when a Child may have Mental Illness

Information about Cognitive & Behavioral Therapy

Treatment:

Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)

NNIH launches free database of drugs associated with liver injury

New Depression Treatment 'Safe and Effective', Experts Say

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)

Research:

NNIH researchers provide detailed view of brain protein structure

Depression: An Evolutionary Byproduct of Immune System?

Hyperactivity in Brain May Explain Multiple Symptoms of Depression

Persons with Schizophrenia found to have Increased Prolactin Levels?

Veterans Issues:

Iraq Vets and Post-traumatic Stress: No Easy Answers

US Department of Veteran Affairs

Virtual Iraq - VR Based Therapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Veterans and Suicide

Civilian Soldiers Suicide Rate Alarming

Wounded Warrior Project

National Call Center for Homeless Veterans

NAMI Says Defense Department AWOL on Mental Health Care for National Guard and ReservesAMI Says Defense Department AWOL on Mental Health Care for National Guard and Reserves

VA Study Finds Computer Training Boosts Brain Function in Schizophrenia

Meditation Techniques Help Veterans with PTSD

Youth Issues:

Teenage Suicide

"Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn." ~ Alice Miller