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1 week ago | mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise

Image: Russamee/ShutterstockGreetings, MindSite News Readers. In today’s Daily, a MindSite News Original hears from psychologists and former foster youth about alternatives to psychiatric medication for troubled foster children and teens. Experts offer parents advice on supporting children in those often overlooked ‘middle childhood’ years. American grandparents are having to take on more and more childcare responsibility.

2 weeks ago | mindsitenews.org | Courtney E. Wise

Hungry Families in Deep South Find Food Bank Boxes Reduced by USAID Cutbacks Families in Tennessee are distressed and hungry as USAID cutbacks reduce allotments to food banks. A California police force stops attending many mental health calls. And more. Image: ShutterstockGreetings, MindSite News Readers.

2 weeks ago | mindsitenews.org | Don Sapatkin

Firefighters and Ministers, Too: Mental Health Challenges Know No Boundaries A firefighter with OCD. Ministers with depression. And a recovery advocate worries the Trump administration is gutting his life’s work.

2 weeks ago | mindsitenews.org | Josh McGhee

Good morning. We’re coming to you on a Monday this week after we transitioned to a new website and newsletter system last week. This is our first newsletter sent through the new system – let us know what you think. Today is also a great day to check out our new website and all the stories we posted last week. This month in Diagnosis: Injustice, we’re looking into what budget cuts could mean for addiction treatment, which has expanded under Medicaid.

2 weeks ago | mindsitenews.org | Josh McGhee

Gabrielle de la Guéronnière,vice president of health & justice policy, Legal Action Center‘We’re worried this will have an impact on overdose death rates around the country’Since the Affordable Care Act passed 15 years ago, more than 21 million low-income and disabled people have gained health insurance and the ability to access mental health care and addiction services. Indeed, Medicaid is the largest funder of these services in the country.