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What Is the Definition of Rehabilitation Center and What Is Its History?

Question by loiz: what is the definition of rehabilitation center and what is its history? i have been looking for the real definition of rehabilitation cnter and how it started. Best answer: Answer by bearstirringfromcaveHmmm – – – how best to answer… In one form or another there have been rehabilation centers on Earth for Centuries. Any place where one can rest & recuperate from illness or accident or addiction or an affliction is a rehabilation center. Most rehabilation centers serve as a place where one learns skill for dealing with their disability whether it be a physical handicap, a perceived addiction or an accident. Read more... ...

North River Mental Health Center: Waves of Promise – Part II

  North River Mental Health Center: Waves of Promise – Part II – This documentary describes the proud past history and disturbing current plight of North River Mental Health Center, 5801 N. Pulaski Road in Chicago, Illinois. Personal testimonies provide deep insight into the impact the center once had on this diverse Chicago community. The video also offers a look into the diminishing mental health network of the City and sets forth a specific neighborhood-funded plan that could keep these vital mental health services available to all. (Part II of II)   Read more... ...

Borderline Chronicle #1: Alcohol Withdrawal, Anxiety, Depression. Periodic “drunkorexia.”

  Borderline chronicle #1: Alcohol withdrawal, anxiety, depression. Periodic “drunkorexia.” – Drunkorexia describes people (mostly women) who are heavy drinkers but limit their food intake in order to “party.” It’s not an official term, you won’t find it in the dictionary, but a lot of people in the mental health field have used this term. I personally am not underweight. My weight usually fluctuates within the normal realm. But periodically when I drink I will not ingest much more food so I leave free space (calorie-wise) for alcohol.   Read more... ...

A Look at Government in the Coulee Region After Sequestration

A look at government in the Coulee Region after sequestration Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wrote to Congress that there will be fewer border agents and fewer facilities for detained illegal immigrants. There would be reduced … The National Institutes of Health would lose $ 1.6 billion, trimming … Read more on La Crosse Tribune Insurance companies frustrate NJ families seeking addiction treatment It is better, some doctors and nurses tell patients, to drop private insurance because Medicaid or state grants can be more generous. … That includes the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, American Child Academy of Child and … Read more on The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Read more... ...

Antidepressants Top Insurers' List of Most Prescribed Meds in North Texas

Antidepressants top insurers' list of most prescribed meds in North Texas Depression, of course, is just one of many mental conditions, and mental health is one of the hot topics state lawmakers will be dealing with in the legislative session under way in Austin. The state ranks 49th in mental … for mental health services … Read more on Dallas Business Journal (blog) Families in crisis When she talked about her daughter, who she described as manic depressive/bipolar, concern etched deep lines in her face. Dockery said she has no love for a system that chained her daughter to a bed at Murphy Medical Center in Peachtree for more than a … Read more on Cherokee Scout (subscription) Read more... ...

Patrick Kennedy: Obama Should Address Nation on Mental Health

Patrick Kennedy: Obama should address nation on mental health "The denial of mental health treatment is a civil rights issue," Kennedy said. The Center for American Progress organized Friday's event featuring Cooper, who has won accolades — and an Academy Award nomination — for his portrayal of a man suffering … Read more on The Hill (blog) Sheriff Targets Mental Illness Link to Gun Violence President Obama Takes Gun Proposal to Minneapolis Watch Video. The plan would expand grants to community health centers and encourage better integration of mental health services into existing programs. President Obama and House Democrats have … It … Read more on ABC News Read more... ...

Art Therapy for Mental Health [Mental Health Therapy]

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