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Dartmouth Project Aims to Boost Child Psychiatry Skills in State

By Dianne Finch on Monday, October 22, 2007.

US Lawmakers are considering a bill this month that would require insurance companies to expand coverage for mental health treatment.

Advocates say patients often go without treatment for psychiatric illnesses because they can’t pay for it – even when they have health insurance.

In New Hampshire – doctors and health officials say that inadequate insurance coverage is just one of many barriers to psychiatric treatment.

Child psychiatrists, they say, are also in short supply – particularly in rural areas.

But one project out of Dartmouth Medical School aims to address that shortage with an innovative approach.

NHPR’s Dianne Finch has more.

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New Hampshire Guard Soldiers Trying to Win Hearts and Minds in Afghanistan

By Douglas Grindle on Monday, October 22, 2007.

New Hampshire National Guard soldiers based in Afghanistan are spending a year training local police army units.

That job is straightforward enough.

But they also have another mission.

It's called winning hearts and minds.

NHPR Correspondent Doug Grindle reports from that country's Northern Provinces.

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Obama Adds His Name To New Hampshire Ballot

By Josh Rogers on Monday, October 22, 2007.

Democrat Barack Obama has filed as a candidate in the New Hampshire Primary.

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