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In its first major effort to improve assistance for Americans with mental illness, the House passed legislation Wednesday afternoon aiming to reform the country’s patchwork of mental health programs.Approved 422 to 2, the bill had been toned down from the original version championed by Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pa.., to garner support from Democrats. Instead of a sweeping overhaul, the measure makes incremental changes to how 112 government agencies coordinate with each other, compensate providers and make care available to those suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety and other illnesses.Its provisions include making some changes to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – requiring its director to have a clinical background and changing the way it reviews grants — and calling for studies and reviews that could lead to future reforms in the way mental healthcare is delivered and patients are treated.

Source: House passes mental health reform

Dr. Danita Johnson Hughes shares why she remains committed to health and wellness—her own and her staff’s—as a CEO.   www.waldenu.edu Posted on May 23, 2016

When Dr. Danita Johnson Hughes joined Edgewater Systems in Gary, Indiana, it needed a leader. The behavioral health facility was on the verge of closing its doors. Thanks in part to her leadership as its CEO, within a year the organization was back on track, fully licensed and newly accredited.

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Reducing stress is important for your health. Learn ways to help manage your stress.

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Former Times Executive Editor William “Bill” Nangle died Friday.

“…In October, Edgewater Behavioral Health Services awarded Nangle its Commonwealth Award for Personal and Professional Leadership….”

Source: Former Times executive editor Bill Nangle dies

 GARY — Two men who have touched many lives – William “Billy” Foster and Mozell Haymon – received the prestigious 2016 Drum Major Award from the Gary Frontiers Service Club

Source: ‘Pillars of community’ named Drum Major Award recipients

GARY — As the head of Edgewater Behavorial Health Services of Gary, Danita A. Johnson-Hughes has helped serve resident health care needs for 20 years.

Source: Drum Major nominee: Treating the person as a whole

Addiction is shaping up to be a topic of focus in the 2016 presidential election. And, last week, on January 5, we had the opportunity to hear directly from a number of key presidential candidates – Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Carly Fiorina, John Gilmore and John Kasich – on their priorities for addictions policy during …

Source: What do the 2016 presidential candidates have to say about addiction?

Edgewater Behavioral Health Services, Gary Edgewater Systems in Gary,
a nonprofit behavioral health provider, is the first in the state to respond to a major need by devel oping a new model, Rapid Access Center, to serve people in psychiatric crisis.

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