Sheppard Pratt acquired Omni House Inc., which provides mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation, and residential services for adults in Anne Arundel County.

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As a lawyer with a physical disability who also has experienced depression, I’m disappointed at the tenor of how our society discusses a disease of millions of Americans – mental illness. Each tragic occurrence of a mass shooting results in ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Labor union leaders opposed to plans they say will privatize the state’s aging hospital system have opened up a new front in their efforts to prevent closures across Maryland.  On Wednesday, the state took a step toward closing ...

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Involuntarily committed mental health patients have the right to counsel when administratively appealing a clinical review panel’s decision that they be forcibly medicated despite not presenting an imminent safety danger to themselves or others, Maryland’s top court has ruled. This ...

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Baltimore County has agreed to pay $6.5 million to the family of a man fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop on an interstate highway two years ago. The agreement settles the family’s federal lawsuit alleging that ...

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WASHINGTON — A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and health organizations are still trying to determine the extent of its impact on Americans’ mental health, but early data suggests it is significant. Self-reported symptoms of anxiety ...

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LifeStance Health, one of the nation's largest providers of outpatient mental health care, announced Thursday it now offers both virtual and in-person services in Maryland.

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Arundel Lodge has been granted $2 million to operate a mental health and substance use disorder urgent care clinic in Annapolis.

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A voluntary service that offers wellness calls for those struggling with mental health issues is being hailed as an important effort to prevent suicides in Maryland.

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A Baltimore-based provider of audio-video services violated federal law last year by firing a sales administrator after denying her request to work remotely one day per week to accommodate her anxiety and depression, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged ...

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