Campaign Coordinator Margaret Nimmo Crowe’s latest blog posting on the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Pundits’ Podium: Yesterday, Gov. Bob McDonnell signed into law the “EpiPen bills,” commendable legislation which requires local school divisions to have EpiPens available at each school in Virginia so that school employees can prevent a child with food allergies from dying of anaphylactic [...]
Read MoreFor 50 years, the Virginia Treatment Center for Children (VTCC) has provided mental health treatment for the children of Virginia. As part of the anniversary celebration, it has launched an ongoing exhibit of art created by current and former patients of VTCC. VTCC is the pediatric service of VCU’s Department of Psychiatry and a service of [...]
Read MoreThank you to everyone who participated in making Children’s Mental Health Week an important time in Virginia. Gov. McDonnell issued a proclamation declaring May 9, 2012 to be Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day in Virginia. This proclamation was read by Secretary of Health and Human Resources Dr. Bill Hazel at an event at Henrico Area [...]
Read MoreInterviewed at the Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day event in Henrico on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, mom and advocate Susan Thrush explained to WCVE reporter Craig Carper how mobile crisis services could have helped her son, who suffers from severe bipolar disorder and Asperger’s Syndrome. Listen to the interview, which highlights the $3.3 million in [...]
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