"Mr. Lattarulo says the number of calls to Harris Rothenberg's programs rose every month in 2009 from the previous year, sometimes by as much as 40%. There was a jump of 400% or more some months in manager referrals for suicidal, homicidal, or otherwise dangerous employees."
""With the recession and economic problems, I have seen a surge in mental health issues. At some level, people are postponing getting care longer and longer, some have lost insurance, some are more worried about losing their jobs or their insurance has gotten downgraded, so by the time they get help, it's more of an acute or distressing problem.""
"But as the economy continues to cave, there's at one least one record Illinois didn't know it might break. The number of meth labs being seized is reaching new proportions.
In the Pekin area, what was once called the 'meth capital' of the state, police have seen a 48 percent increase over the past year.
What some meth response teams have noticed is drug dealers need to make a buck. Compared to crack, heroine, and other, more expensive narcotics that many people can no longer afford, meth is easy to make and even easier to sell."
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