HANDI in psychiatric rehabilitation 2 – This video shows how Handi, the handheld computer can be used in psychiatric rehabilitation. (Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.)

 

Alleged carjacker pleads insanity

Filed under: psychiatric rehabilitation

Robert J. Johnson, 24, will receive a psychiatric evaluation by the Nord Community Mental Health Center's forensic unit, according to an order signed by Common Pleas Judge Christopher Rothgery. … weeks before the alleged carjacking, Johnson was …
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Mental health in dire straits

Filed under: psychiatric rehabilitation

He said patients found help was not there for them when they were most vulnerable and in crisis and they faced long waits to be assessed, were given little information about their treatment or health and found rehabilitation services were scant. He …
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Mental health legislation must be more therapeutic, humane

Filed under: psychiatric rehabilitation

However the Act lacked the direction in providing simpler mental health services at the community level. The role of the family, which is so essential in management, is completely ignored. The boundaries between rehabilitation centres and mental health …
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