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		<title>Virginia mental health needs</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2012/01/virginia-mental-health-needs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a statement entitled &#8220;A proposal that would assist troubled youths in Virginia&#8221; the Washington Post editorial board lent its support to efforts to fund mental health services for children and youth. The editorial, published 11 January 2012, recounted a history of rueful cost cutting and encouraging advocacy in my commonwealth. A YEAR AGO, Virginia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia campaign promotes action agenda</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/06/virginia-campaign-promotes-action-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Campaign for Children&#8217;s Mental Health outlined an agenda for improving mental health policy for children and youths in the US commonwealth of Virginia on 14 June 2011. The &#8220;Action Agenda&#8221; expresses the need for Govenor Bob McDonnell to exert leadership in three policy areas so that the problems of 100,000 minors with mental health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAS presses MH pubs</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/01/nas-presses-mh-pubs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noting recent news in the US, the National Academy of Sciences has taken the opportunity to promote some of its publications related to mental health. Among these is one that is relevant to those concerned about EBD among children and youths, a 2009 report by the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council that I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Congressional Mental Health Caucus</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2011/01/the-congressional-mental-health-caucus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://EBDBlog.com/?p=1280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, mental health has been in the US news of late. I&#8217;m reminded that in the US legislature there is the Congressional Mental Health Caucus, which takes as its goals reducing negativism and stigma, aiding efforts to access mental health services, improving work-related productivity, and protecting veterans who have mental health problems. Although the caucus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More props for Mr. Artest</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/12/more-props-for-mr-artest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron Artest&#8217;s PSA for LA Mental Health Professional basketball player Ron Artest, who admits that he experienced difficulties as a youth and an adult, has been promoting mental health awareness over the past few years. Recently I posted a note acknowledging some of his efforts, and today I call attention to another of them. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching about mental health</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/11/teaching-about-mental-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers who are concerned about helping students understand mental health issues have at least one sensible places where they can go for teaching resources: Breaking the Silence, a Web resource offered by a local National Alliance on Mental Illness group. BTS, as it calls itself, provides a combination of neighborhood (NY, US) and widely available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health Initiative</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/11/mental-health-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/11/mental-health-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 11:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes folks lose sight of the fact that disability and mental health issues are international in scope. They&#8217;re not confined just to one&#8217;s own neighborhood, locality, geopolitical area, etc. Fortunately, there are groups that transcend borders (you can probably think of the names of some well-know organizations that function internationally), and there are some in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Props for Ron Artest</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/11/props-for-ron-artest/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/11/props-for-ron-artest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 10:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some readers of EBD Blog might know that I follow basketball. That gives me a unique opportunity to mix my interest in hoops with my concern about EBD in this post. I have the chance to acknowledge efforts by Ron Artest, a professional basketball player, to support mental health initiatives. My hat&#8217;s off to Mr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Society Institute Mental Health Initiative</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/09/open-society-institute-mental-health-initiative/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/09/open-society-institute-mental-health-initiative/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes folks lose sight of the fact that disability and mental health issues are international in scope. They&#8217;re not confined just to one&#8217;s own neighborhood, locality, geopolitical area, etc. Fortunately, there are groups that transcend borders (you can probably think of the names of some well-know organizations that function internationally), and there are some in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK action on children&#8217;s mental health</title>
		<link>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/01/uk-action-on-childrens-mental-health/</link>
		<comments>http://EBDBlog.com/2010/01/uk-action-on-childrens-mental-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lord Jones of Cheltenham, a member of the the UK Parliament, has formally asked &#8220;what measures are planned to improve services for (a) children with serious emotional disturbance, and (b) adults with mental health illnesses.&#8221; The request is in response to recent UK report, Keeping Children and Young People in Mind – Full Government Response [...]]]></description>
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