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Title	News Summary	Release Date
New Approaches Essential for Suicide and Self-harm
Mental Health Foundation calls for radical overhaul of young people's mental health crisis services
Ignorance and fear breeds mental health discrimination
Drug companies anticipate increased profits from sales of antipsychotics for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and nursing home residents
Mental Health Foundation appoints pilot sites for Dementia Advice and Support Services project
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to reconsider the constitutionality of executing 'mentally retarded' criminals.
Beyond Reason: The Death Penalty and Offenders with Mental Retardation
Is Anybody There? Mental Health Foundation report into mental health and friendship
Mentally ill need to be treated with respect	A protest by some residents of a Dublin suburb against mental patients living within their community highlights a lack of understanding in Ireland toward the mentally ill. Some 30,000 Irish people are admitted for psychiatric treatment every year,...
Controversy over community care provision in Ireland
Scottish health minister welcomes Mental health and well being report
A matter of chance? Search for effective drugs relies on luck
American psychologists claim to have found new delusionary disorder
All's well in the nursery: researchers conclude good-quality staff offset any negative effects of childcare
mothers depression and smoking can worsen symptoms and impair social functioning
Stress management and antidepressants can halve headaches
The way parents view their children is a critical factor in the potential risk of child abuse
Ministers press on with patient representation as Health reform bill goes through
Common parenting behaviors can raise risk of children experiencing psychiatric problems in adulthood by 29%, study says
Rett disorder (RD) and autism - once considered to be clinically distinct, may not be as different as previously believed

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