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Recent Trends, Challenges and Issues in Funding Public Mental Health Services in the US
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Mental health board members skeptical of proposed program (Michigan)
Muskegon Chronicle story - "Ottawa County Mental Health officials will move ahead cautiously with a plan to phase out day programs for developmentally disabled clients at three centers, despite complaints from guardians and caregivers."  
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Mental-illness gains extolled
Story in Deseret News (Utah) on comments by Richard Nakamura, acting director of the National Institute of Mental Health, who says that "although brain disorders affect one in five adult Americans, hope for treatment is now significantly outweighing the despair that often accompanies a diagnosis."  
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Protest over mental health reform (UK)
BBC story on a march by hundreds of protestors calling on MPs "to reject controversial plans to reform mental health laws," especially provisions in the draft Mental health Bill that pertain to involuntary medication and detention. See also Stop This Madness, a column in The Guardian by Jonathan Freedman.  
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