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Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care

Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care

The difficulty of finding psychiatrists willing to work in prisons is forcing the institutions to provide care via video to populations with high rates of mental illness.
by Alisa Roth

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Feeling blue? Oregon students now can take 'mental health days'

Feeling blue? Oregon students now can take 'mental health days'

Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S.
by Associated Press

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Plaintiffs demand UnitedHealth beef up mental health coverage

Plaintiffs demand UnitedHealth beef up mental health coverage

Attorneys for the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group have filed their rebuttal to the big insurer's arguments against the remedies they're seeking. A federal judge has sided with the plaintiffs, finding that UnitedHealth's coverage for behavioral health care is substandard.
by Alisa Roth

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Ag department wants to help farm kids with stress

Ag department wants to help farm kids with stress

State officials say the financial and emotional challenges affecting Minnesota farmers has hit farm kids even harder. Later this month, the state Department of Agriculture will offer two free workshops that give an overview of stressors unique to growing up on a farm.
by John Nguyen

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UnitedHealth rejects some demands in mental health coverage lawsuit

UnitedHealth rejects some demands in mental health coverage lawsuit

UnitedHealth Group is rejecting some plaintiffs demands in a class action lawsuit after a judge agreed the company has been too stingy in its coverage of mental health care.
by Alisa Roth

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Mental illness affects most women behind bars

Mental illness affects most women behind bars

Rates of mental illness among people in jail or prison are much higher than in the outside world, especially among women prisoners. Women incarcerated in Minnesota say they're not getting the help they need.
by Alisa Roth

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Call to Mind: Spotlight on childhood trauma

Call to Mind: Spotlight on childhood trauma

Three experts explore the impact of childhood trauma on mental health and suggest ways to build resilience in children.
by MPR News Staff

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In Kenyon, the police chief knows demons, desperation and hope

In Kenyon, the police chief knows demons, desperation and hope

Lee Sjolander speaks candidly of lessons learned from a traumatic childhood in southern Minnesota and his struggles with mental health. In doing so, he's flipping the stereotype of the hardened, stoic chief and reshaping the police's role in Kenyon.
by Catharine Richert

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