Breaking the ice on the topics of mental health and substance abuse is difficult. But we shouldn't shy away from uneasy conversations about “private” matters.

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Behavioral health services are not as easy to access as the law requires, according to a new report from the Mental Health Association of Maryland.

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Hospitals cannot be held liable when they reasonably refuse to admit a patient against his or her will, even if the patient commits suicide or inflicts other harm after being released, Maryland’s highest court has held.

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Two health centers in Maryland received a total of $500,000 in federal funding to establish or expand behavioral health services.

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The state’s top court has failed to protect the privacy rights of victims’ mental-health records during their alleged assailants’ criminal trials, the Maryland attorney general’s office and victims’ rights groups say.

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Anne Arundel Medical Center has opened an outpatient mental health clinic in Annapolis. The new practice, Anne Arundel Medical Group Mental Health Specialists, will offer services for patients 13 and older, including counseling, therapy and help for substance-use problems. In ...

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Two health centers in Maryland each received $250,000 from federal officials to expand behavioral health services.

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Howard County officials are taking steps to improve mental health services following a shooting at the Mall in Columbia in January.

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When a 6-foot-5, 270-pound man with a history of violence broke out of a mental health ward near Philadelphia and tried to withdraw money from a bank, a confrontation with police seemed likely. But Lower Merion Township police officer Matthew Freind used his mental health training to calmly talk to the man and defuse the crisis.

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WASHINGTON — It’s final: Health insurance companies now must cover mental illness and substance abuse just as they cover physical diseases. The Obama administration issued new regulations Friday that spell out how a 5-year-old mental health parity law will be ...

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