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He and his wife also have a newborn.''There is just too much on my plate to contemplate running for the Legislature," said Veeder, who is director of the Quincy After School Child Care program.Braintree Selectman Charles Kokoros, who ran against state Representative Joseph R.

Driscoll of Braintree, said he has settled what differences he had with Driscoll.''I've gotten to know Representative Driscoll well and have become good friends with him," Kokoros said.

''He's doing a great job." Canton School Committee member John G.

Bonnanzio, who challenged Representative William C.

Galvin of Canton in 2004, said he has too much going on in his life to run again this year.

''My hands are really full with School Committee issues," he said.Two former Republican candidates have had legal troubles recently.Matthew Sisk of Braintree, who ran against Driscoll in a special election in 2003 and was the first GOP legislative candidate for whom Governor Mitt Romney stumped, was arrested March 1 on a drunken-driving charge.Lawrence P.

Novak of Brockton, who ran for state Senate two years ago, was charged with money laundering last September and resigned his party positions.One high-profile GOP candidate in 2004 was Timothy E.

Duncan, a wealthy Falmouth entrepreneur, who ran an aggressive campaign against Therese Murray, chairwoman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.Duncan has not been involved in district politics, said Christopher Fava of Plymouth, GOP committee...

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Mental illness is like any other disease or disorder and can be effectively treated with medications and therapy, Lindquist said.That's helped lead to a national decrease in the length of stay for inpatients.

The average length of stay in Avera's program is about six days.Most patients now can be treated and return to life in their communities, said Mark Covall, executive director of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems.Covall said he was impressed with the building's private patient rooms, as most mental health hospitals have double rooms.

Group interaction is encouraged in therapy sessions and group activities, but patients can be given extra privacy because of improved security features, he said.Staff at the nurses' stations on each wing can view the entire floor from the main desk because individual rooms are arranged in a U-shape around a common open area.

The rooms are designed with angles that let staff see the entire room from the room entrance, which has a door that swings both in and out.The building also has semi-private rooms that can be used to admit patients according to their needs instead of on how many beds are available."This is where behavioral health needs to go," Covall said.Journalist and mental health advocate Deborah Norville spoke about the stigma of mental illness at an open house gala at the new hospital Friday night.

Norville said she experienced a period of sever...