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Lewiston man indicted on fraud charge
Lewiston Sun Journal
AUGUSTA — A former mental health worker at Riverview Psychiatric Center is accused of defrauding the state of more than $10,000 in payments after he allegedly falsely reported he was injured by a patient there. Ahmad Khansari Nejad, 61, of Lewiston, ...

Gay Conversion Therapy's Disturbing 19th-Century Origins
History
In 1973, the APA removed homosexuality from the DSM, its influential manual of psychiatric disorders, and medical professionals began to distance themselves from techniques they had once embraced. That wasn't the end of ... Victims of facilities like ...

Screen Rant
10 Former A-Listers Who Abandoned Hollywood (And 10 Who Were Kicked Out)
Screen Rant
However, her last film appearance came in 2010 when she starred alongside Emma Stone in Easy A. Since then, the actress has taken an active step back from acting, which has also found her undergoing some legal and mental health issues. Staring in 2013 ...

Service animal debate rages ahead of new DOT rules
ATWOnline
The new rules come after a growing outcry from airlines and regulators regarding the use of emotional service animals (ESA), which are animals that provide a psychiatric or mental health need to the passenger. They are not to be confused with trained ...

Disgraced deputy mayor Salim Mehajer jailed for electoral fraud
Starts at 60
Mehajer's election in 2012 sparked a shocking chain of events for the former public official, who is believed to be facing separate charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and perverting the course of justice over an allegedly staged car crash, which ...

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Kaiser Health News
First Edition: June 21, 2018
Kaiser Health News
Regulators and insurance experts worry the Trump administration's new rule expanding association health plans for small businesses and self-employed people will lead to a spike in insurance fraud and insolvencies that plagued consumers and ... But ...

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The Hill
Overnight Health Care — Presented by the Association of American Medical Colleges — Key ObamaCare groups in ...
The Hill
The restriction was meant to prevent the warehousing of people with mental health disorders in large institutions. Democrats argued the bill was to narrow and tie federal dollars to boosting community-based services. Republicans countered the rule is ...

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Prisoners Endure A Nightmare 'Gulag' In Lower Manhattan, Hidden In Plain Sight
Gothamist
The court determined that Love, who has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and depression, would be at high risk of suicide if he were extradited, in part because of the poor mental health care available at the facilities. MDC and MCC share a single ...

The Hill
Overnight Health Care — Presented by the Association of American Medical Colleges — Governors criticize Trump ...
The Hill
The bipartisan governors group that has teamed up on health care in the past is back, this time calling for the Trump administration to reverse course on arguing against pre-existing condition protections in court. "The administration's ... Key quote ...

The Mercury News
Heather Locklear's crisis grows: Hospitalized after attacking parents, threatening to shoot herself, report says
The Mercury News
Heather Locklear, facing charges of attacking police during a domestic violence incident in February, was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation after an incident Sunday in which she attacked her parents and threatened to shoot herself, TMZ is ...

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The Better India
173 Million Sexagenarians by 2026: Is India Prepared to Care For Its Senior Citizens?
The Better India
According to a study, the average prevalence of mental health problems both in rural and urban communities indicates that 20.5% of the older adults (1 out of 5) are suffering from one or the other mental health problems in India, i.e., 17.13 million ...

Washington Post
The Health 202: Congress tackles Medicaid rule in effort to dent ...
Washington Post
THE PROGNOSIS. House Republicans consider it one of the most significant proposals of the dozens of bills aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic.

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The Daily Gazette
Editorial: Lawmakers make progress in the fight against human trafficking
The Daily Gazette
Under existing state law, prosecutors must prove that a person engaged in sex trafficking used force, fraud or coercion to entice a victim into committing sex acts, even if the victim is a child. Frustrated district attorneys have cited numerous cases ...

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Gloucestershire Live
The drug runners, 'deluded' neighbour, catapult accused, thief and arsonist among those in the dock this week
Gloucestershire Live
Since starting the blaze on May 9 last year Deverson has spent some time in a psychiatric hospital - but has then returned to his address, where his presence has alarmed neighbours, said prosecutor Janine Wood. ... I don't need mental health help. I ...

News & Observer
Police access to prescription database approved in the NC legislature
News & Observer
“We have gangs coming in from other states that are blanketing the state, and are coming in with fraudulent prescriptions, blanketing pharmacies, getting these drugs quickly and quickly moving out of the state,” Murphy said. “The problem is now, as the ...

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Helena Independent Record
Rosendale's excuse doesn't hold water
Helena Independent Record
This state can not afford to elect Matt Rosendale as a senator. On June 11, the man made the decision that he would not attend a debate with Jon Tester. This debate sponsored by the Montana Broadcaster Association has been a staple and tradition of ...

Area Police Logs
The Salem News
When asked if he would like psychiatric help, he said he would and was voluntarily transported to Beverly Hospital. Officers were sent to a Lovett Street address, at 9:15 p.m., for females ... A report of a fraud or a scam brought police to 2 Hilton St ...

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TheSpec.com
Court hears of financial adviser's mental health issues
TheSpec.com
A former financial adviser who pleaded guilty to defrauding clients of more than $3.1 million was "brought down" by a combination of mental health issues and medications that weren't working for him, court heard Tuesday. Scott Reeves, who operated ...

Health Care Qui Tam Update
Lexology
Claims: FCA, 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq. and various state health care fraud statutes and false claims acts. ... Defendant Pathways of Massachusetts, LLC (“Pathways”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Molina and operates mental health centers in ...