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Getting Rural Patients Psychiatric Help Fast (South Carolina)

[Photo: SC Department of Mental Health] When emergency room patients are deemed “a danger to themselves or others,” every state requires hospitals to hold them until a psychiatrist conducts a face-to-face evaluation to decide whether it is safe to let them leave. In rural hospitals across the country, it can take days for a psychiatrist to show up and perform the exam.  Five years ago, rural hospitals in South Carolina illustrated the problem. On a typical morning, more than...

Exchanging Sex for Survival

Photo credit: Thomas Leuthard,  Flickr The connection between prostitution and a history of childhood sexual abuse is staggering. Some studies have found that 70 percent of female prostitutes were sexually abused as children; others peg the...

How Brandon Marshall is Confronting the NFL's Mental Health Crisis

Chicago Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall. Credit: Mike DiNovo/USA TODAY Sports. Following his [borderline personality disorder] diagnosis three years ago, Marshall, now 30 and a Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Chicago Bears, set an ambitious goal: become for mental health what Magic Johnson is for HIV. He wants to make an off-limits subject commonplace. He's reaching out to players who might need help, teaming with mental health organizations through his charity and raising awareness...

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