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Obama Includes Mental Health Funding Increase in Budget Proposal

In this era in which fiscal belt-tightening has become a political mantra, President Obama has cited mental health care as a key area in which the government needs to spend more money. In his budget proposal that will be released today, Obama has included $235 million to fund new mental health programs with a focus on providing training to teachers and other school personnel receive to prepare them to recognize students who have a mental health problem, according to a report in today's Washington Post. The paper also quotes an administration official...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - Wednesday, 10 April