or as you call it brain dis-ease. can you sdrien that moment for me? i was on the brink of disaster. i achieved anything i ever wanted in life through my acting. and somehow, there was a feeling inside of emptiness and despair that i thought that my success and all of the things i had accumulated would make that go away. when it didn t go away, i was lost and confused. and i couldn t understand why. through the education and re-educating myself, i came to understand how i was embracing this familiar misery. mental disease is, you know, it s genetic, but it s also a by-product of your environment. and i believe we are all sick. i think these mental health organizations that are fighting stigma are in fact creating
correspondent jonathan serry has the story. reporter: he questioned how she plans to improve mental health services. one of the primary things as i enter the building, remind the staff and support systems that i am working and we are here only because a veteran risked his life for us. reporter: it follows a series of reports from the inspector general, linking mismanagement at the hospital here to psychiatric patients falling through the cracks, including three that died from drug overdoses or suicides over the last two years. the va says many involved with the incidents no longer work at the hospital, and changes were made to improve wait times and monitoring of patients, including those referred to outside contractors. the atlanta va medical center reduced the number of contracts with mental health organizations from 26 to 5. additionally, we have placed case managers at each location.
to it a va inspector general report back in april. linking mismanagement in the mental health unit to the death of three patients by drug overdose or suicide. today v.a. officials told senator isakson reduce weight times, reduce drug screenings and increasing ability to monitor the progress of patients including those they refer to outside contractors. a facility s ability to track and mortar patients receiving contract care. the atlanta v.a. medical center has reduced the number of contracts with mental health organizations from 26 to 5. additionally, we have placed case managers at each location. va officials say they are also taking measures to improve customer service experience. shep? shepard: jonathan serrie at georgia state university where they held that conference. the department of veterans affairs has a crisis line and a web site to help those dealing with depression and contemplating suicide.
a lot of times parents make the mistake of talking to their children as if they were their caregiver and their support system, like an emotional surrogate. be careful. a lot of times parents turn to their children and this is not the time. you should be providing support to your child and the best way to do it is for you to get support for yourself, counseling, with clergy, with family members, community members, there is a lot of mental health organizations that are providing outreach. and sometimes as a family, if you feel uncomfortable having this conversation with your child, one on one, why not take advantage of any of the mental health resources that are available to have that dialogue, maybe moderated with you and your child. it is very hard to shield your kids from the story this big. in fact, many of them are going to school and they re having drills, shutdown drills. they want to know why and their teachers are talking to them about it. there was a heart breaking story twee
the dow is up 217 points, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. as you can see, the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven t been able to clear that hurdle since march. it s been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom line is this. the american economy only has to add another 316,000 jobs to get back to where it was in january 2009 when barack obama took office. now, that would mean that he breaks even. but remember, in january of 2009, the economy was in a really bad place, and what he needs to do to make people feel really good, like the economy is recovering, is not only to break even for himself, but get back to where we were before the financial crisis. and to get there, he needs another 4,700,000 j