Jenny Gold
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Obama task force offers steps to improve mental health coverage
A presidential task force has made a series of recommendations and provided $9.3 million in funding to help end health care discrimination for individuals with mental health issues or addiction.
Obama task force offers steps to improve mental health coverage
Depression is little-discussed as women’s health issue
Depression is twice as common in women as it is in men, yet many do not receive the help they need, in part due to the stigma surrounding mental health issues.
Depression is little-discussed as women’s health issue
Parents battle for children’s mental health services at school
One in five children in the United States have a psychiatric condition, but schools often lack the training and resources they need to give these students the support they need.
Parents battle for children’s mental health services at school
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Synchronized signals in non-neuronal retinal cells draw the tiny compartments of a fruit fly’s compound eye into alignment during pupal development.
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Among brain changes studied in autism, spotlight shifts to subcortex
The striatum and thalamus are more likely than the cerebral cortex to express autism variants or bear transcriptional changes, two unpublished studies find.
Among brain changes studied in autism, spotlight shifts to subcortex
The striatum and thalamus are more likely than the cerebral cortex to express autism variants or bear transcriptional changes, two unpublished studies find.