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Ultimately, her parents were forced to mortgage their home to afford to send her to a hospital 350 miles away, in another state.

In 2003, more than 31,000 people committed suicide and 410,000 were treated in emergency rooms for suicidal behavior, said Ileana Arias of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Efforts to combat suicide, however, are often foiled by tight budget constraints and reluctance to publicly discuss the topic.

Testimony by Calvin Nunnally, Sr., suicide prevention manager at the Virginia Department of Health, illustrated the constraints local governments face when trying to lower suicide rates.

The department requested $800,000 for youth suicide prevention, but was allocated $75,000.

Later, the budget was reduced even further to $21,000.

With its limited resources, the department has focused on providing training to individuals and groups that work with youths.

Increased public dialogue will help eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness, panelists said.

Increased funding will help make more resources available.

At the federal level, limits on Medicaid rehabilitation services threaten to exacerbate existing access problems, Hogan said.

At the individual level, employers can improve the mental health of their employees and their bottom lines by offering the same insurance coverage for mental illness that is offered for physical ailments.

Currently, health plans often offer a more limited range of me...

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The case was flimsy, prosecutors agreed, because the mother of one of the girls tried to withdraw her affidavit against Santangelo before a Department of Human Services child psychologist determined that the 11-year-old was telling the truth.Here's a rundown of other recent plea agreements:€ Two Kosciusko men who were responsible for a rash of break-ins around the county late last year and early this year received the stiffest sentences of this court term.

Torrence Allen, 31, was ordered to serve 15 years of a 25-year sentence in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, then undergo 10 years post-release supervision and pay $3,560 in restitution and court costs.

Ruben Taylor, 22, was ordered to serve five years of a 10-year sentence.

He will then serve five years probation and pay $3,560 in restitution, a $500 fine and court costs.

They were charged with seven counts of burglary of a dwelling and stealing more than three dozen guns.

Allen had at least fourth other felony charges on his record in Attala County.

Officers from the Attala County Sheriff's Office arrested them in January after a resident of the Bear Creek Community near McCool saw them breaking into a home; € Stacy June Woodcock was sentenced to serve five years in the MDOC after pleading guilty to possession of precursors to manufacture methamphetamine.

She will also serve five years probation, pay a $500 fine and costs;€ Tom Sellers and Kenyon Dodd were both sentenced to...