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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Gene Found
UPI story - "Scientists in Israel said Monday they have identified a brain chemistry gene that may be linked to post-traumatic stress disorder, the sometimes crippling shell shock that can plague survivors of life-threatening events."  
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Clue to Understanding Tolerance to Drugs of Abuse
Medical News prtess release at PsycPORT - "Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and their colleagues have uncovered new information that will help brain researchers better understand a person's tolerance to drugs of abuse and open new avenues of investigation into the relationship of addictive-drug usage and the biological causes of mood disorders."  
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Panel appointed by NY governor calls for sweeping changes in adult home system
AP story on recommendations by the committee established last May by Gov. George Pataki in response to articles in The New York Times that detailed severe flaws in the state's adult home system. The story notes that "The state should drastically revamp its homes for the mentally ill by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new services and creating thousands of new housing units."  
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Butler Hospital Takes a Leap Forward in the Mental Health Crisis (Rhode Island)
PR Newswire story on the opening of Duncan Lodge, "a five-star mental health treatment center" in Providence. Duncan Lodge has only five patient suites, making it is one of the smallest mental health treatment centers in the country, but "as part of Butler Hospital and Brown Medical School, this tiny center carries a big reputation."  
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Mental health on table (North Carolina)
Jacksonville Daily News story - "After talking with directors of three neighboring area programs Monday, Onslow County commissioners will decide Friday how to administer public mental health services. They have three choices: consolidating Onslow County Behavioral Healthcare Services with another area program, keeping a single-county area program or turning the area program into a county department."  
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County Health Department revives assessment project (Illinois)
Story in Journal-Standard - "The Stephenson County Board of Health is reinstituting a project designed to gauge how well this area is doing related to health issues, according to County Health Administrator Jeff Todd."  
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