Commissioners to Consider Sale Tax Hike to Combat Mental Health 'crisis'

Commissioners to consider sale tax hike to combat mental health 'crisis'

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Based on national statistics, about 20,000 people in Cowlitz County deal with some form of mental illness each year — roughly one out of every five residents — yet only an estimated 8,000 of those people receive treatment, Yakovich told commissioners …
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Unique hurdles in reaching at-risk youth: city's outreach workers face myriad …

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Her words come even faster as she casually switches between English and French while talking about the misconceptions surrounding street kids, psychological treatments and homelessness. “Put me on the street for a few …. The five-year, five city …
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Ease the pain

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Dr. Hal Vorse, medical director of A Chance to Change Foundation, an alcoholism and drug addiction treatment center, said you don't have to look far to find “those people.” “Go to a mall on a Saturday afternoon and … In 2009, the last year for which …
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How Drug Abuse Affects Teenage Brain Development – Dr. Annette Bosworth discusses how alcohol and drugs change the adolescent brain affecting mood and memory.