Taunton State Hospital Again Faces Closure

Taunton State Hospital again faces closure
For the third straight year, the state is proposing to move all inpatient beds from Taunton State Hospital to the new Worcester Recovery Center. In each … The campus also includes a 16-bed vendor-run mental health program for intensive residential … Read more on Enterprise News

LI families recall struggles of their Mideast war vets
The former Army specialist had been days short of entering an intensive inpatient PTSD program at the Northport VA Medical Center. "When he joined the 82nd Airborne, … Taylor described his torment in a December 2011 essay written while he was a rehab … Read more on Newsday

In SW Pa, concern about gains in scrip drug abuse
"I think we're in a culture in which everything gets fixed — there is no level of uncomfortableness that we think we should have to endure," said Elaine Stano, treatment specialist with the Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission, referring to the … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle