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SC Dept. of Mental Health responds to claims of racial mistreatment towards employees
COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) --- Concerns mounting against the Department of Mental Health. The South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP hearing from a former employee about the lack of African ...
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SC Department of Mental Health breaks ground on psychiatric residential treatment facility for youth
Work has begun on a new a psychiatric treatment facility for youth receiving help from the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). On Monday, officials broke ground on the building, which is a joint ...
Lawsuit accuses man of killing, eating patients at SC mental health facility
The case against a South Carolina mental health facility where a man is accused of murdering and cannibalizing patients could ...
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Lawsuit: Man killed, ate patients at SC mental health facility
the facility’s owner — Brittany Reynolds-Jackson — and the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (SCDMH) are responsible for his death. According to documents, Jared suffered from ...
‘Budding serial killer’ ate victims’ ears at state-approved Columbia care home: lawsuit
Marc-Anthony Cantrell, who is charged with the gruesome murders of two men in a Columbia SC residential care home, was a ...
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Editorial: Better service? Check. Lower cost? Check. Time to pass SC health agency merger.
The problems of the agency that’s supposed to take care of South Carolinians ... t include the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. Or the Department of Mental Health, which has had ...
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Guest Column: Ignoring mental health is harming our youth
Mental health is important, and in South Carolina, it is severely impacting the state's youth. In order to aid children in ...