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Laredo, Texas physician Oscar Lightner, MD, was convicted along with his office manager, who is also his stepson, for illegally prescribing more than 600,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash, the Justice Department said April 12.

San Bernardino, Calif.-based SAC Health has received a $1.63 million grant to retain behavioral health professionals within the health center, which serves a region designated as a mental healthcare professional shortage area by the Kaiser Foundation.

Eating disorders are the second-deadliest mental illness, with opioid addiction being the most deadly, according to data from the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. 

The cost to attend the top-ranked school for psychiatry is 66.8 percent more than that the average cost of attending a private university in the U.S. in 2022, according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Medical Schools" list for…

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