Psychiatric care still has common myths associated with it. Public misconceptions about mental health care are still common.

ICFJ participant Mahmoud Tamimi investigates the state of Egypt’s mental health facilities for Egypt TV. This was apart of the International Center for Journalists’ Virtual Newsroom project that trained 40 Egyptian journalists in investigative reporting skills through a unique hands-on/online mentoring program. The focus was to train journalists how to produce and disseminate investigative reports through computer- assisted reporting, and by linking to one another through a virtual newsroom …

( www.vawatchdog.org ) From PBS News Hour, Thursday, May 1, 2008.

In Pima County Arizona Mental health services are decreasing in quality and quanity. Children are being sent out of the area because there is NO care available in this county of over 1 million people.

Is mental health care a priority for your administration? From Kristin Bell in Vancouver, Washington.