How Texas Jails Have Become De Facto Mental Health Facilities—and Why They're …
... Texas Jails Have Become De Facto Mental Health Facilities—And Why They're … A report last year by the Treatment Advocacy Center found that mentally ill people in Texas were 10 times more likely to be behind bars than in a hospital. About 30 percent of county jail inmates are receiving mental health services, according to a … Read more on Houston Press 4 ways to break your diet soda addiction in a week “The issue is that it's an addiction — there's something driving the craving,” he says. “If ...
Substance Dependent Women Mentally Ill Upscale Residential Treatment Program Help
Substance Dependent Women Mentally Ill Upscale Residential Treatment Program Help – http://www.brookhavenretreat.com/cms/ Brookhaven Retreat offers upscale residential treatment to Substance Dependent Women and those suffering from various m… Lund and Planned Parenthood host screening of 'Miss Representation' Lund creates hope, opportunity and family for Vermonters through community and residential treatment for mental health and substance abuse, education, family support, life-skills and job training and early childhood education. Lund is also Vermont's … Read more on vtdigger.org Read more... ...
Prayer Camps Complicates Mental Health Condition
by North Carolina National Guard Prayer camps complicates mental health condition “The insufficient mental health facilities and specialist doctors have led to the violation of the rights of people with mental illness at prayers camps.” Mr. Gabriel Benarkuu, Chairman of the Brong Ahafo Network of Non-Governmental Organizations … Read more on GhanaWeb Petula Dvorak: Devastating toll of mental illness demands our attention The common thread in these incidents is mental illness. And when we hear that, there's the subconscious sigh of relief that the knife-wielding maniac isn't ...
Bullock Advisers, DPHHS Director Tour Billings' Mental Health Facilities
by Congressman George Miller Bullock advisers, DPHHS director tour Billings' mental health facilities Rainbow House, 925 North 18th St., was once the Mental Health Center's day treatment program, but is now transitioning to a program centered on recovery. The Rainbow House Recovery Center focuses on providing quality, holistic, comprehensive and … Read more on Billings Gazette Keystone Child, Youth and Family Services mission to keep children safe and … “Keystone is a children's mental health centre. We are also a child, youth and family ...
State Mental Health Workers in Line for Pay Raises
... BC Gov Photos State mental health workers in line for pay raises All psychiatric care technicians at the Wisconsin Resource Center in Oshkosh and Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston will be reclassified to advanced psychiatric care technicians and receive a minimum raise of $ 1.26 per hour. Some workers … Read more on The Oshkosh Northwestern My Turn: Should people with mental illnesses own guns? Here in New Hampshire, we have cut funding to the inpatient and outpatient mental health facilities so that screening and monitoring treatment are “luxuries” in a system unable to keep up with crisis management. Even if we had a system that could … Read more on Concord Monitor Read ...
Hospital President Talks About Massive University Medical Center Construction …
Hospital president talks about massive University Medical Center construction … The opening of the 424-bed hospital will include 60 new psychiatric inpatient beds in a city still reeling from the post-Hurricane Katrina closure of Charity Hospital, which had 97 of its 1,500 beds dedicated for patients in crisis related to mental … Read more on NOLA.com New mental health program for youth expected to cost state million a year New mental health services for children required under a recent legal settlement will eventually cost the state an estimated $ 32 million every year. Officials told state lawmakers Thursday that they will need just more than $ 8 million to start … Read more on Bellingham Herald Read more... ...
Shrugging Off the Latest Mass Shooting
... off the latest mass shooting It would require universal background checks, with criteria built around past violence, commitments to mental health facilities, and addiction to drugs and alcohol, among other things. California, in fact, has such criteria, which is why Matthew Warren … Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Cantillon: DIGI report misses half the picture on alcohol The report states that the total volume of the alcohol market declined by 9.9 per cent between 2007 and 2012. During that time, the number of pubs fell by 959 … But there's no mention of the substantial cost to the State of cleaning ...