NAD: Mental Health Facts (ASL Version)
NAD: Mental Health Facts (ASL version) – The purpose of this Fact Sheet is to inform deaf and hard of hearing consumers about mental health care and how they can go about getting services. Obtaining… How Argentina's 'Loony Radio' Is Changing Attitudes About Mental Health "There are different ways of thinking about mental health. It is not only about psychiatric treatment, which is what hospitals offer," Noguera says. Data collected over the years shows that former inpatients who attend the weekly shows have been … Read more on CityLab Read more... ...
Part 1: Psych Patients Pack Emergency Rooms
Part 1: Psych patients pack emergency rooms One factor has been consolidation in the hospital industry: As hospitals shut their doors, psych beds disappeared with them. Perhaps more importantly, declining reimbursement for mental health care – and the fact that many mental health patients have … Read more on OCRegister MHIs still 'safety net' for severely mentally ill, state officials say Among all four mental health institutes, there are only 139 inpatient beds, about 32 of which are reserved for children, according to Rick Shults, mental health and disability service director for the Iowa Department of Human Services. That number has … Read more on Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier Read more... ...
Mental Health 'crisis' Strains Jails, Emergency Rooms
Mental health 'crisis' strains jails, emergency rooms State funding will also be put into modernizing treatment at the state's two public mental health institutes, boosting inpatient capacity and other services, resulting in a 13.5 percent increase for behavioral health care in fiscal 2014. The money is … Read more on The Coloradoan Researchers find what's missing in teen health programs Melnyk began developing COPE more than 20 years ago while she was a nurse practitioner at an inpatient psychiatric unit for children and adolescents. The program is based on the concepts of cognitive behavioral therapy, with an emphasis on skills … Read more on Toronto NewsFIX Read more... ...
Bipolar With No Health Insurance?
Question by Kel: Bipolar with no health insurance? I was diagnosed with “manic depression” when I was a teenager. I’ve been medicated pretty much continually ever since. My manic phases consist of irritability, insomnia, extreme anxiety. What I’ve found helped my depression the best was Lexapro, but it got too expensive and had to switch to Celexa. I’ve been on this now for several years and it seems I’m not getting the “effect” anymore. I don’t know if something else should be added or if I should start a totally new medication. I also take Xanax and Klonepin for anxiety. Problem being I don’t have any health insurance and all the new anti psychotics are way too expensive. I am also not eligible for assistance through the drug companies for medication cost help. Anybody have recommendations of medications they have had any luck with that aren’t horribly expensive? We have a psychiatric counseling place here lik ...
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Centers
INPATIENT PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS RESIDENTIAL PSYCHIATRIC …Inpatient psychiatric hospitals residential psychiatric treatment centers day treatment centers alcohol and drug abuse centers community mental health clinics … Read Full Source Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Service Standards …Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility Service Standards Manual Volume 2 this section, facilities must report the death of any resident to the Centers for Medicare & … Access Doc Mental Health And Behavioral Sciences Service Procedures …And treatment and rehabilitative services in halfway houses, therapeutic communities, psychiatric residential treatment centers, and other community-based treatment settings of eligible veterans … Retrieve Here Read more... ...