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A federal judge has ordered the parties in an 8-year-old Mental Health civil case to submit the names of people or companies suitable to appoint as a federal receiver for the local mental health agency next month.

Norman mental health workers, clients protest cuts (The Oklahoman)

NORMAN A group of mental health and substance abuse treatment advocates gathered this week to voice their concerns about proposed state budget cuts that will affect services at Norman treatment centers.In November, the governing board for the state Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Department approved a plan that will affect three treatment centers in Norman.The proposal includes ...

Coalition advocate mental-health care for children (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

For one Shenandoah Valley mother, professional advice about treatment for her troubled teenager was simple: Put him in foster care and walk away. It is scores of tales like hers that are leading a coalition of mental-health groups, educators, juvenile-justice workers and health-care groups to join in a three-year campaign to reform the childrens mental-health system in Virginia.