America's Mental Health System Needs Improvement, but Gains of the Past Give …
America's Mental Health System Needs Improvement, But Gains of the Past Give … The Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963 had envisioned the widespread development of community-based mental health services that would include crisis services, inpatient services in local hospitals, outpatient treatment, day programs, and … Read more on Huffington Post (blog) NIH study shows people with serious mental illnesses can lose weight People with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression can lose weight and keep it off through a modified lifestyle intervention program, a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded study reported … Read more on National Institutes of Health (press release) Read more... ...
Antonovich Calls for Reform of Mental Health Services
Antonovich Calls For Reform Of Mental Health Services Los Angeles County officials are looking at how mental health services can be delivered more efficiently, after Supervisor Michael Antonovich called for a look into streamlining help for those who need it most. Read more on KHTS Radio Change Your Behavior, Lose the Weight–EMBARGOED until 3:30pm CST on 3 … It can be an even tougher battle with a serious mental health disorder. But it is possible. A recent study compared weight loss successes in two groups of individuals with serious mental health disorders. The group that participated in a behavioral … Read more on dailyRx Read more... ...
Erie Mental Health–care Providers Scramble for Outpatient Money
Erie mental health–care providers scramble for outpatient money Their symptoms could worsen, and they eventually might require inpatient mental health services at Millcreek Community Hospital or Saint Vincent, where the cost of care is far greater than outpatient care. "A study by the University of Pennsylvania in … Read more on GoErie.com Healthcare Provider Horizon Runs Mental Ilness, Drug Recovery Programs The 50-bed inpatient Horizon Village facility operates in Niagara County, where a veterans treatment facility will soon be completed. Horizon's primary care and wellness center, adjacent to Horizon Village, offers medical, psychiatric and recreational … Read more on ExecutiveBiz (blog) Read more... ...
Jake "the Snake" Roberts: "I Started Drinking When I Was 11"
Jake "The Snake" Roberts: "I started drinking when I was 11" Page first urged Roberts to try the DDP Yoga program he had recently launched, and ultimately invited his mentor to stay with him at his home in Georgia. Roberts has now been sober for … My grandmother was constantly pouring my grandfather's drinks … Read more on Salon Affordable housing developer, PRI, going out of business after 25 years It had to be combined with drug and alcohol rehab programs, job training, mental health services and health care. In communities with families, other … Eighty percent of them in metro Atlanta, and the rest in other Georgia cities. In all, they housed … Read more on SaportaReport (blog) Read more... ...
PTSD Recovery Through Triathlon
PTSD recovery through triathlon In the past two years I have been to a treatment center for addiction and another one for PTSD. In the past four months I started training …. Stef: In the end, just before going to treatment, my life was out of control. My addiction and PTSD where … Read more on Slowtwitch SAMHSA Announces New Funding Announcement for Rapid Hepatitis C … SAMHSA Announces New Funding Announcement for Rapid Hepatitis C Screening in Drug Treatment Programs. February 25 … Last week, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT … Read more on AIDS.gov blog (blog) Read more... ...