Mental Health System

Source: www.freep.com --- 8 days ago
U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker will determine whether to remove federal oversight of Mental Health care in Michigan prisons, following closing arguments heard Friday in Grand Rapids. Despite assurances from the Michigan Department of Corrections, removing the court's independent oversight would put thousands of inmates at risk. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 4 days ago
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Source: www.mybulgaria.info --- 36 days ago
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Source: www.fiercehealthcare.com --- 41 days ago
As FierceHealthcare readers know, Mental Health patients waiting for care in emergency departments seldom get specialized care while they're waiting for psych evaluations. However, in an unusual move, one Ohio Health System has received a grant to do just that. The hope is that such services will help patients stabilize or perhaps even avoid hospitalization. Article ...

Source: www.wuwm.com --- 5 days ago
The wait for help could lengthen, if staffing isn't boosted. ...

Source: citizen-times.com --- 3 hours ago
RALEIGH -- A legislative report released Wednesday blames cost overruns in Mental Health care on federal delays and on state officials' failure to predict or track the cost of new services. ...

Source: psychcentral.com --- 5 days ago
According to experts, an estimated 15 million American children are diagnosed with a Mental disorder, but only about a quarter of them are getting appropriate treatment based on scientific evidence. Furthermore, many more children are at risk of developing behavioral disorders. Sadly, the problem is only going to get worse unless the Health [...] ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 3 days ago
According to experts, an estimated 15 million American children are diagnosed with a Mental disorder, but only about a quarter of them are getting appropriate treatment based on scientific evidence. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 6 hours ago
Report says the Department of Health and Human Services wasn't prepared for changes in the state Mental Health System that were introduced when the state threw open the doors to private businesses who wanted to treat patients. ...

Source: blogs.wsj.com --- 2 days ago
Two years ago, a 24-year-old schizophrenic man killed his mother with a hatchet a few months after being released from a psychiatric center over the objections of his doctors. This weekend’s WSJ tells the story, and uses it as a lens to examine the System in which government-funded Mental Health advocates sometimes wind up arguing [...] ...

Source: www.cbc.ca --- 1 day ago
Canadian attitudes toward Mental illness are a cause for concern, the Canadian Medical Association said Monday in releasing its annual report card on Health care. The group's eighth annual report surveyed Canadians to measure attitudes and experiences with the Health-care System. "This year’s report card shines a harsh, and frankly unflattering, light on the attitudes we Canadians have concerning Mental Health," said the group's president, Dr. Brian Day, in a release. "In some ways, Mental illness is the final frontier of socially-acceptable discrimination." FULL STORY Have you been stigmatized because of Mental illness? If so, please share your stories. ...

Source: www.springerlink.com --- 9 days ago
Abstract   Recent epidemiological statistics suggest approximately 250,000 people in the United States live with a spinal cord injury. Men constitute roughly 82% of these individuals. Following spinal cord injury, men frequently experience significant changes in their sexual functioning. As a result, men with spinal cord injuries are at an increased risk for experiencing adjustment difficulties. Unfortunately, relatively little is known about factors that promote or impede men’s adjustment to these changes. In the present article, the authors highlight how men’s adherence to gender scripts for sexual potency may contribute to their adjustment following a spinal cord injury. To organize the discussion, the authors review related literature and, through case examples, illustrate how men’s adherence to this gender norm may influence their post-injury Mental Health. Directions for gender-sensitive interventions and future clinical research are provided. Content Type Journal Article Category Original Paper DOI 10.1007/s11195-008-9091-y Authors Shaun Michael Burns, Harvard Medical School/Boston University School of Medicine VA Boston Healthcare System, Spinal Cord Injury Service Boston MA USA James R. Mahalik, Boston College Department of Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology Chestnut Hill MA USA Sigmund Hough, Harvard Medical School/Boston University School of Medicine VA Boston Healthcare System, Spinal Cord Injury Service ...

Source: www.nzherald.co.nz --- 18 days ago
A doctoral student has received $75,000 to study how Maori seers, or matakite, can help people in or before they enter the Mental Health System. Matakite are people who claim foresight or "otherworld" experiences. Some draw on... ...

Source: www.ajc.com --- 19 days ago
In the latest blow to Georgia's beleaguered Mental Health System, federal regulators declared patients at Georgia Regional Hospital/Atlanta to be in "immediate jeopardy" of physical harm. ...

Source: www.eurekalert.org --- 7 days ago
( American Psychological Association ) An estimated 15 million American children are diagnosed with a Mental disorder, but only about a quarter of them are getting appropriate treatment based on scientific evidence. Many more children are at risk of developing behavioral disorders. And the problem is only going to get worse unless the Health care System changes how it delivers services, according to a task force of the American Psychological Association. ...

Source: blogs.transworldnews.com --- 10 days ago
The use of heroin is on the rise in Massachusetts, this is clearly apparent from the data compiledby theUS governmentThe Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) is maintained by the Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The TEDS System includes records for some 1.5 million substance abuse treatment admissions annually. Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions by Primary Substance of AbuseforMassachusetts shows the following alarming figures: STATE: MASSACHUSETTS Total PRIMARY SUBSTANCE Alcohol only Alcohol with secondary drug Cocaine (smoked) Mari- juana Heroin Total No. 64,180 12,029 10,300 2,981 3,536 27,744 % 100.0 18.7 16.0 4.6 5.5 43.2 View entire data These figure show the great need for heroin addiction treatment centersin the state and elsewhere to help combat this huge percentage of heroin addicts. There is a need for reliable information about Massachusetts heroin drug rehaboptions and help in finding the ...

Source: dx.doi.org --- 12 hours ago
During the 1950s and 1960s professionals intensely debated the prospect of changes in the Mental Health System, largely as a result of the introduction of new therapies, revised theories of Mental disorder, and shifting policies governing Mental Health accommodation. As well as giving rise to new subspecialties within medicine, psychiatrists in some jurisdictions at this time worked closely with psychologists in an attempt to offer a more comprehensive set of options that merged theory with practice. In Saskatchewan, Mental Health professionals worked closely with government officials and bureaucrats and produced a variety of innovative strategies that addressed changing priorities in this System. This article examines the role played by psychologists in Saskatchewan during this period as they worked cooperatively with psychiatrists and bureaucrats to merge medical, psychological, and political perspectives in a System aimed at accommodating Mental illness in the wake of new theories and treatments that questioned the efficacy of care in institutionalized settings in the wake of growing suggestions for care in the community. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. ...

Source: www.stevenspointjournal.com --- 5 days ago
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A new report says the number of students seeking Mental Health services on University of Wisconsin campuses is increasing but staffing levels are not. The report warns the wait for services is likely to increase if campuses do not add more counselors or find ways to better manage their existing workers. Already, most students have to wait a week to get an appointment in non-urgent cases. The report done by the UW System Office of Operations Review and Audit will be presented to the Board of Regents next week. The review found more than 9,500 students received counseling services in the 2006-2007 school year on 11 campuses where data was available. Three campuses reported a more than 40 percent increase in students seeking services since 2002-2003. ...

Source: www.insidenova.com --- 5 days ago
I recently read a piece in the Washington Post by Chris L. Jenkins entitled, “Va. Reviewing Overhaul of Mental Health System.” This comes in light of the high profile mentally ill Seung-Hui Cho who killed 32 students at Virginia Tech. ...