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Las Vegas rehab center director battled her own demons

Dee Wirth knows what it’s like to live on the street. She knows what it’s like to struggle with drugs and alcohol and feel powerless to change that. She also knows what it’s like to survive, recover and fight addiction with a vengeance.

Review-Journal investigation spurs call for mental health reform

Nevada health officials are examining how the state could license consultants who transfer mentally ill people to unregulated group homes, a step prompted by a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation that highlighted the death of a suicidal woman after she was placed in an unsupervised residence.

Former nurse promotes self care to Las Vegas caregivers

LeAnn Thieman was a 25-year-old nurse in 1975 strolling through an Iowa mall with her daughters when she noticed a bake sale that compelled her to make a difference.