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On Monday April 2, the United Nations implemented Resolution 65/309. The resolution, adopted at the impetus of the Kingdom of Bhutan, calls for day long meetings at the next UN General Assembly to discuss determining the Gross National Happiness (GNH) of a country as a more accurate measure of the country’s success than Gross National [...]
Mental health care services around the country are being cut at a rapid pace thanks to the economic condition of the country. From California to Mississippi, from Massachusetts to Texas, mental health services are suffering from slashed state budgets. Even though the need for mental health services continues to rise, most states in the U.S. [...]
‘Normal’ is a word that may not apply to very many people, say mental health experts, when the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is published in 2013. This Mental Health Bible is being expanded to include so many minor disorders and conditions that nearly everyone in the world will be able [...]
Project 50, a service program launched by the L.A.’s county supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, was an initiative to find and house 50 of skid row’s worst homeless cases. The motive of “housing first” aimed to find housing for vagrants of the 50 square foot block along L.A.’s notorious skid row. Candidates for Project 50 weren’t mandated [...]
