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SPOTLIGHT: Mentally-ill children being restrained in the classroom

July 16, 2008 — 1:11am ET | By Anne Zieger
Increasingly, children with mild forms of mental retardation and mental illness are being "mainstreamed" into classrooms serving children without disabilities. In theory, that's a good thing, but it... Read more...

Study: Psych patients face especially long ED waits

June 17, 2008 — 11:27am ET | By Anne Zieger
With the number of psychiatric units dropping in hospitals, and beds scarce, mentally-ill patients in need of hospitalization are waiting for increasingly long periods to be admitted, according to... Read more...