Rhonda Arias @ Houston City Council Meeting 7-21-09 – Rhonda Arias, founder of Texas Abortion Recovery Alliance (TARA), speaking at the Houston City Council Meeting on 7-21-09, asking the City Council members to…

 

Schumer calls for improved communication at 43 upstate VA sites

Filed under: psychiatric counseling

He added that the VA must increase the number of psychiatrists because mental-health counselors and marriage and family therapists make up little of the VA mental health workforce. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs did not immediately respond to …
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Conference says state needs to get better at mental health issues

Filed under: psychiatric counseling

BULLHEAD CITY — The largest treatment center in Arizona for people with mental illness is the psychiatric unit at the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office's Madison Street Jail. That fact, speakers at a statewide teleconference on mental health Wednesday …
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Response after crises is important

Filed under: psychiatric counseling

As first responders to the agency's clientele and vulnerable others out in the community, the staff conducts outreach after the storm to locate where their clients are and ensure their safety, as well as their psychiatric and related needs, are taken …
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Editorial: Slow down plan to close Sagamore psych center

Filed under: psychiatric counseling

Although it might be possible to devise a plan to treat the mental health problems of Long Island children without Sagamore's 54 inpatient beds, moving ahead to close the center in the next four years without a detailed blueprint is a mistake …
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