Mental Health

Sodas and energy drink are stacked and line the shelves in a grocery store Wednesday, May 18, 2016, in Springfield, Ill. Lawmakers scrambling to find money to fix Illinois' multibillion dollar deficit are looking to sugary drinks as one potential source of revenue. Taxing distributors of sodas, energy drinks and other sugary beverages was among the revenue-generating ideas a group of lawmakers proposed to Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and other legislative leaders last week. They're trying to end a nearly yearlong impasse that's left the state without a budget.

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Energy drinks causing long-term adverse health effects on soldiers

Maria Biery -

October 30, 2018 8:45 pm

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School choice is improving students’ long-term mental health — we have the data to show it

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October 30, 2018 2:26 pm

Mind the Link: Marijuana Heightens the Risk of Psychosis

Alice B. Lloyd -

October 29, 2018 7:00 am

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor applauds as former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is honored as he receives the O'Connor Justice Prize at The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University Justice Prize Dinner Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in Phoenix. The prize was established to raise visibility for rule of law initiatives and recognize people who have made extraordinary contributions to advancing rule of law, justice and human rights.

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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has ‘beginning stages of dementia’

Melissa Quinn -

October 23, 2018 2:38 pm

Jason Kander, a Democratic candidate, speaks to supporters in Missouri.

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Democrat bows out of Kansas City mayoral race due to PTSD

Naomi Lim -

October 2, 2018 7:25 pm

This Aug. 29, 2018 photo shows an arrangement of prescription Oxycodone pills in New York. Figures from a 2017 survey released on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, show fewer people used heroin for the first time compared to the previous year, and fewer Americans misusing or addicted to prescription opioid painkillers.

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Congress reaches final deal on opioid package

Kimberly Leonard -

September 26, 2018 11:16 am

This Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 photo shows rising flood waters in the Pee Dee area in Marion County, S.C. Two female mental health patients detained for medical transport drowned Tuesday, Sept. 18, when a sheriff's department van was swept away in rising floodwaters, according to authorities. Officials said that the transport van was near the Little Pee Dee River, one of the bodies of water that state officials are watching following the heavy rains of Florence.

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Trapped in the back of a police van, two women died. Their deaths were avoidable, and fixing it is on South Carolina

Erin Dunne -

September 20, 2018 2:26 pm

Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference.

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Bipartisan senators angle for more treatment beds in opioid legislation

Kimberly Leonard -

September 18, 2018 6:06 pm

Red Alert Politics

20 percent of college students report having suicidal thoughts

Brendan Pringle -

September 11, 2018 7:10 pm

Beltway Confidential

Reflections on World Suicide Prevention Day

Nicole Russell -

September 10, 2018 6:36 pm

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Tag: Mental Health

Energy drinks causing long-term adverse health effects on soldiers

School choice is improving students’ long-term mental health — we have the data to show it

Mind the Link: Marijuana Heightens the Risk of Psychosis

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has ‘beginning stages of dementia’

Democrat bows out of Kansas City mayoral race due to PTSD

Congress reaches final deal on opioid package

Trapped in the back of a police van, two women died. Their deaths were avoidable, and fixing it is on South Carolina

Bipartisan senators angle for more treatment beds in opioid legislation

20 percent of college students report having suicidal thoughts

Reflections on World Suicide Prevention Day

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