Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

 

BaysideMarin: Residential Rehab Facility Center in California – At Bayside Marin, with the help of Dr.Drew the addiction recovery programs assist every individual from tragic disease. We provide the opportunity to women t…

 

Following veteran's overdose death, report finds problems at Miami VA drug …

Filed under: residential rehab

Problems documented in the recent OIG report focused on the Miami VA hospital's drug abuse residential rehabilitation program, with 24 beds dedicated to treat veterans for alcohol and drug abuse. Patients are allowed to leave the program on a pass, …
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Avoiding hospitals and doctors the best cure for healthcare woes

Filed under: residential rehab

Instead, we are in need of more acute and residential mental health facilities, and geriatric rehab/respite facilities. In my experience, it is the bottleneck caused by the lack of vacant beds for mental health patients or the elderly to go to which …
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Question by psych_central: Mental Health Consumers?
There was quite a fury on a blog site of mental health Advocates claiming that the term “consumer” is degrading, “Mental Health” is stigmatizing, “patient” is discriminating and so on. That these terms should be banned. They also feel that dx’s are “labels”by which they should not be refereed to as having. I’m into advocacy and peer counseling but am I the only one to think this is “crazy”? I was a patient, a consumer, I had a mental health problem and I didn’t have any problems with it. I ‘d love to hear your opinions.

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LGBT Data: Politics, Policy, & Practice Part 4 – 10th Annual Update & Anniversary Celebration April 9, 2011 LGBT Data: Politics, Policy, & Practice Part 4 of 5 Featuring: Gary J. Gates, Williams Distinguish…

 

'Gay cure' bill moves in Assembly

Filed under: gay counseling

Hoylman, a strong LGBT rights advocate in the Legislature, called some of the methods applied in conversion therapy "barbaric," and said the practice as a whole does not work. Hoylman said the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified two licensed …
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Nonprofit Spotlight: Bienestar

Filed under: gay counseling

What services does Bienestar provide? Bienestar South LA provides free HIV testing, needle exchange, individual counseling for gay men & transgender women, mental health therapy, workshops for gay men & transgender women, as well as support groups …
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SONA: Assignment Pilipinas: Coping with grief – State of the Nation is a nightly newscast anchored by award-winning broadcast journalist, Jessica Soho. It airs Mondays to Fridays at 9:00 PM (PHL Time) on G…

 

Jamie Dimon hits final stage of grief: acceptance

Filed under: coping with grief

In coping with the tragedy of the financial crisis, no Wall Street executive has exhibited the five stages of grief like Jamie Dimon. The JPMorgan chief executive has passed through phases of denial, anger, bargaining and depression. His latest annual …
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Teens 'let down' on suicide advice

Filed under: coping with grief

Since then they have gathered weekly on the porch of Cairns's home to support each other as well as teens who come to them struggling with mental health problems, thoughts of suicide, or grief over peers who have killed themselves. Wairarapa teens say …
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NARCONON Georgia has another wonderful graduation! – The Narconon New Life Detoxification Program has resulted in astonishing improvements in students who consistently report: – Ability to think more clearly. -…

 

Insurers prodded to cover early addiction services for Vermonters

Filed under: drug and alcohol treatment facilities

Early screening – to catch drug dependence early – and recovery services – to keep patients clean after treatment – are also more cost-effective, but some insurers don't cover that, either. Last week the state health officials who oversee the network …
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Wide Variability in State Access to SUD Meds

Filed under: drug and alcohol treatment facilities

They analyzed data from the 2011 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 2010-2011 US Census Bureau, the 2011 Area Health Resource File (AHRF), and the 2011 …
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Counselling and Hypnotherapy in Farnborough, Aldershot, Camberley, Farnham. – My name is Jacqui Roach from Farnborough, GU14 and I provide Counselling & Hypnotherapy in Farnborough and the surrounding areas For many of us, sometimes th…

 

Jail for downloading 'nasty' material

Filed under: addictions counselling

He had pleaded guilty immediately but he "desperately" needed counselling and treatment for the "dark nature" of his addiction, the judge said. A pre-sentence report found he was a risk of re-offending and a high risk to children. "You believe you can …
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Partner of jailed drinker seeks support

Filed under: addictions counselling

You should attend Al-anon meetings (al-anon.alateen.org) and also private counselling with an addiction specialist. DEAR AMY: I work at a company that often has openings for new positions. Being a good friend (and admittedly, hoping to possibly get a …
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