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What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: July 6, 2015
The National Advisory Board thanks the men and women serving in the U.S.
What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: Jan. 26, 2015
Disability advocates sharply critical of plan to ease testing.
What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: June 8, 2015
This week our focus is still on mental health following Thursday’s news of the latest in mental health reform legislation.
What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: Feb. 16, 2015
This week we’re catching up on recent Hill hearings on SSDI and mental health reform, plus state trends toward formularies and the like for prescription drugs for mental health conditions.
What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: Feb. 15, 2016
The Atlantic: A First-Aid Class for Mental Health Most people know how to help someone with a cut or a scrape.
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What We’re Reading: Jan. 11, 2016
NPR: Anatomy of Addiction—How Heroin and Opioids Hijack the Brain They trigger the release of dopamine, which is a neurotransmitter that causes intense pleasure in parts of the brain that include the limbic system, according to Savage.
What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: Jan. 19, 2015
Caregiver wage, overtime protections struck down.
What We're Reading
What We’re Reading: Feb. 8, 2016
The Baltimore Sun: Police training expands for encounters with people who have developmental disabilities The 11 recruits will be the first police class in Howard County to take the four-hour training on intellectual and developmental disabilities after it became a requirement for recruits across Maryland.
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