mental health services

What Is a “detox” Diet?

Published February 22, 2014

Question by BURY YOUR DEAD: What is a “detox” diet? Best answer: Answer by Jerry MIts a diet that is aimed at ridding your body of toxins. Answer by serenityIt means more to eat or drink some things very healthy for you to get all of the bad toxins out of your body that you have either eaten or they were just placed in your body it is also used to make you feel better. What do you think? Answer below! Read more... ...

Allen County to Start Re-Entry Court

Published February 21, 2014

... County to start re-entry court LIMA — Allen County will be the site of a new specialty court aimed at helping inmates in need of “drug and alcohol treatment to regain their lives.” Allen County drug court coordinator Ed Monfort explained the re-entry court would be used to help … Read more on LimaOhio.com Filling a need for mental health services here Troy is also on the staff of The Newman Center, an outpatient mental health clinic affiliated with Kalispell Regional Healthcare. A licensed clinical social worker, … Troy worked for about five years for Pathways Treatment Center and other mental … Read more on Flathead Publishing Group Read ...

Punishment…treatment Center, or JAIL?!?

Published February 17, 2014

Question by harmony: Punishment…treatment center, or JAIL?!? My friends brother was arrested 2 months ago on some serious charges…in New York State. He seems to think that he is going to get off with going to a treatment center and avoid anymore jail time. He is a sever alcoholic who has had 1 prior DWI. He was drunk and drove through a 35 mph zone and 92 mph, dodged police and pulled into a parking lot to “hide.” When he realized it was a dead end, he smashed into 5 cars including a police cruiser trying to leave. He resisted arrest, and tried fighting with police officers. He only has a public defender, not a great laywer. I seriously think he is going to prison for at LEAST 1 year. Here are his charges…. Read more... ...

Legislative Spotlight: Mental Health Services Needed

Published February 17, 2014

... spotlight: Mental health services needed At the same time, it closed its inpatient psychiatric unit for children. Since then, every child and teenager in need of hospitalization for emotional or mental distress (28 during December) has been sent to Westchester County for treatment. Due to … Read more on Poughkeepsie Journal State workers fare well in House budget plan The budget also will include about $ 10 million more in funding for mental health services than proposed by McDonnell. He had requested an additional $ 38.4 million in response to an attack on Sen. R. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, by his son, Austin C. "Gus … Read more on The Daily Progress Read ...

Mental Health Startup Freedom Healthcare Thinks Nationally

Published February 11, 2014

by pilaar39 Mental health startup Freedom Healthcare thinks nationally Freedom Healthcare aims to invest in facilities that can help the company become a national network focused on substance abuse and mental health services, including detox, residential treatment, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient care. Read more on The Tennessean Police: Parole officer shot and killed patient at SC mental health facility A patient was brought to the Chesterfield clinic of the Department's Tri-County Community Mental Health Center at about 11:30 a.m. Monday by a Probation, Parole and Pardon Services agent, according to a news release from the South Carolina Department … Read ...

Psychological Problems of Women Part IV

Published February 9, 2014

... Problems of Women Part IV – VA constructing .8M veterans mental health facility in Prescott The Daily Courier The Northern Arizona Veterans Affairs organization kicked off the construction of a new outpatient mental health services building on Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony. "This is a very long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony, and … Read more on Prescott Daily Courier Fresno County negotiating for adolescent psychiatric hospital The company operates a psychiatric hospital in Riverside County for adults and a hospital in Los Angeles County for children. It also runs one of only two — and the largest — locked residential treatment programs for children in California, ...

Smoking Cessation for Patients Called an Urgent Priority

Published February 5, 2014

... Cessation for Patients Called an Urgent Priority Despite evidence that a variety of treatment options are effective in smoking cessation, clinicians involved in the movement toward integrated care have yet to seize upon this issue in a major way to improve the overall health status of mentally ill … Read more on Psychiatric News Mental health policy document accepted The national policy advances the position that mental health services should be part of the mainstream health system, and promotes the provision of acute inpatient care within general hospital settings. It is argued that this strategy will increase … Read more on The News International Read ...