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		<title>Congress Passes Legislation That Will Affect Mental Health Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Medicare recipients currently receiving mental health outpatient services stand to be affected by the payroll tax legislation passed by Congress today. As a result of the new law, which President Obama is expected to sign, payment for Medicare outpatient psychotherapy services will be cut by 5 percent beginning on March 1. &#8220;Some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strict rules about drinking may prevent alcohol disorders in teens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Lack of Willpower May Be Obstacle to Improving Personal Health and Finances</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—Almost everyone living in America made a resolution to change some aspect of their behavior in 2012, according to a survey released today by the American Psychological Association. Yet people consistently report that a lack of willpower is the top reason they fall short of their goals to lose weight, save more money, exercise or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shyness, grieving soon to be classified as mental illness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<title>American Psychological Association Applauds Prop 8 Ruling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON—The American Psychological Association praised today’s U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding a U.S. District Court’s 2010 decision overturning Proposition 8. APA had filed a brief in the case (Perry vs. Brown) providing the scientific research relevant to the association’s support for marriage equality for same-sex couples. Proposition 8 took away the right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty and Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney explained his reasons for seeking the Presidency and said that he is running for the middle class and that he is, “not concerned about the very poor.” His excuse was that, “we have a safety net there. If it needs a repair, I’ll fix it.” He even went further [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Regulator in Brain’s Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan – NIH study</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain’s executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of Health scientists: genes implicated in schizophrenia and autism turn out to be members of a select [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working long hours raises risk of depression</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<title>The very old may feel helpless, but not depressed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Evidence-Based Supported Employment Program Shows Significant Benefit For Veterans with Mental Illness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARLINGTON, Va. (Feb. 2, 2012) — Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who participated in an evidence-based supported employment program called individual placement and support (IPS) were nearly three times more likely to gain competitive employment than those who received a standard vocational rehabilitation program in a recent study conducted by researchers in the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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