Back to School: Check Your Child’s Emotional Backpack
While the supplies that your child carries in his or her backpack at the start of the school year are important, what’s in your child’s “emotional backpack” is just as important to helping them start a positive and successful school year. Click here to read more.
Mental Heath Public Defender
Please take a few minutes to watch a powerful documentary from the Travis County Mental Heath Public Defender Office, entitled A Different Kind of Law: Holistic Justice for the Mentally Ill.
Medication Safety
Each year, tens of millions of people in the United States use prescription and over-the-counter medications. Too many, however, suffer unnecessary discomfort, injuries, and even death as a result of preventable errors from all types of medications.
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Affordable Care Act
The Obama Administration recently announced two new regulations that empower consumers to appeal decisions made by their health plans or insurance companies and have more control over their health care decisions.
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Family Support Groups
Parents of adult children with mental illness who participate in education and support groups experience more positive outcomes and fewer burdens than those who do not.
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