mental health disorders

Treating Bipolar Disorder: The Dopamine System (9 of 11)

  Treating Bipolar Disorder: The Dopamine System (9 of 11) – Professor Wayne Drevets describes how dopamine receptor antagonists can stop mania. Similarly, enhancing dopamine function can enhance depression.   Reader Says Bipolar Is a Myth Filed under: treating bipolar disorder Mental illness a myth? Considering that records of bipolar disorder go back to the time of mythology – between 100 and 200 A.D. – that there is clear evidence that it can be inherited, and that it responds to treatment – plus a number of other factors … Read more on About – News & Issues Read more... ...

Angry Boy_ History of Social Psychology and Mental Health Treatment for Children (1950)

  Angry Boy_ History of Social Psychology and Mental Health Treatment for Children (1950) – Angry Boy_ History of Social Psychology and Mental Health Treatment for Children (1950)   by University of Maryland Press Releases Mental Health, Primary Care Collaborations Can Work Filed under: mental health treatment NEW YORK – Integrating mental health care into primary care settings offers clear benefits for patients and providers. However, careful planning is key to making these models work, clinicians said at the American Psychiatric Association's Institute on … Read more on Clinical Psychiatry News Digital Network Read more... ...

Drug and Alcohol Detox for Pittsburgh Rehabilitation

...  and Alcohol Detox for Pittsburgh Rehabilitation – Drinking is a dangerous habit- before you know it, you can feel like you need it. For detox from , Pittsburgh residents, our centers have the support and therapy you need. Drug addiction and ism can often go hand in hand with mental health disorders. Our specialty is treating these co-occurring disorders with clinical and psychiatric treatment. Call us today to stop the cycle.   Drug and Alcohol Detox Center to Close Filed under: drug and alcohol detox Read ...

DOJ Charges 91 in Medicare Fraud Sweep Totaling $430M in Suspected False

by wallyg DOJ Charges 91 in Medicare Fraud Sweep Totaling 0M in Suspected False … Filed under: mental health treatment Holder, along with Human and Health Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, said the crimes include health care fraud, money laundering and violations of anti-kickback statutes. The various schemes center on home health care, mental health services, … Read more on Main Justice   Scrap 'outdated' mental health bill: activists Filed under: mental health treatment Read more... ...

Drug and Alcohol Detox for Texas Rehabilitation

...  and Alcohol Detox for Texas Rehabilitation – Drinking is a dangerous habit- before you know it, you can feel like you need it. For detox from , Texas residents, our centers have the support and therapy you need. Drug addiction and ism can often go hand in hand with mental health disorders. Our specialty is treating these co-occurring disorders with clinical and psychiatric treatment. Call us today to stop the cycle.   Tags: drug addiction, mental health, drug and alcohol, blood pressure ...

Doctor Incentives Tied to Better Teen Drug Treatment

Doctor incentives tied to better teen drug treatment Filed under: adolescent alcohol treatment NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Therapists seeing teen drug and alcohol users delivered more complete treatment when they were offered bonuses based on quantity and quality of patient care, a new study has found. Those kinds of incentives – known as … Read more on Reuters   Renewed fears for Bobby Brown as he checks out of rehab early after admission … Filed under: adolescent alcohol treatment Read more... ...

Dual Diagnosis Program: The Difficulties of Implementing a Dual Diagnosis Program

Recovery from substance misuse is difficult for any users trying to get their lives back on track but for those people who suffer from dual diagnosis issues, the journey back to normality – or as near to normality as possible in terms of their underlying illness – is compounded by a number of underlying issues. One of these is the constant confrontation of everyday medication for their underlying illness. Another is their sense of underlying self-worth. Still another concern is a perception problem: this includes perception of other people and, more fundamental, a problem of low self-esteem in their perception of themselves as valued members of society. While substance misuse is of increasing concern world-wide, the recognition, in its own right, of problems associated with dual diagnosis has been rather overlooked. Despite dual diagnosis having been with us for many years, it is really only comparatively recently that resources have been made available to tackle the proble ...