Disability Rights Center
of the Virgin Islands
Phone 340-772-1200 Fax 340-772-0609
63 Cane Carlton
Fredericksted, VI
00840
Psychiatrists Revise the Book of Human Troubles: (NY Times- 12/17/2008 By: Benedict Carey) Is compulsive shopping a mental problem? Do children who continually recoil from sights and sounds suffer from sensory problems — or just need extra attention? Should a fetish be considered a mental disorder, as many now are?... Panels of psychiatrists are hashing out just such questions, and their answers — to be published in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders...
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Australia Relents in Down Syndrome Immigration Case: (NY Times- 11/26/2008 By: Meraiah Folley) A German doctor whose family was twice denied permanent residency in Australia because of his son’s Down syndrome has been allowed to stay after the immigration minister intervened on his behalf...
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Survival Guide for Veterans: (NY Times- 12/18/2008 Editorial)
Far too often, military veterans find themselves desperately short of the information they need as they make the torturous quest for benefits within one of this country’s most daunting bureaucracies, the Department of Veterans Affairs...
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US Virgin Islands 2008 Mental Health Report: Prepared by the Disability Rights Center of the VI, we are working toward an effective mental health system ....
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