social work

Guest Opinion: A Reality Check on Mental Illness

Guest Opinion: A reality check on mental illness Treatment modalities include psychiatric medications, therapy, support groups, inpatient hospital stays, day hospital treatment programs and other community resources such as case managers, social workers and community supports funded by agencies … Read more on Taunton Daily Gazette More NHS hospitals failing to meet targets on treatment waiting times The outpatients department at Heartlands hospital, Birmingham. NHS figures show that in January more patients were waiting in England for treatment than in the same month in 2013. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian. Patients are waiting too … Read more on The Guardian Read more... ...

“For the Love of a Child” Lifetime?

Question by sophmorechica: “For the love of a child” lifetime? A few days ago i watched “For the love of a child” on lifetime. It was about abused children and how they went to a place to be taken care of. If you ever saw, do you remember the lady who worked with the children when they painted, the one who had the daughter at home? Well, i think that i would be interested i a career like that but im not sure what that profession is called. Im guessing it would be some sort of psychologist, but im not sure? Do you know what it would be called? or What other professions deal with abused/hurt kids? Read more... ...

Online Christian Counseling: Online Counseling Provides Relationship Advice – Equality Is In

As a Psychologist an understanding of behavior and providing Relationship Advice is what allows me to help people work through their troubles. Helping people to adjust their behaviors and better their relationships is one of life’s greatest rewards. It can be just the smallest thing or even just the slightest change in behavior which will allow them to have a more fulfilling and stronger relationship. Through Online Marriage Counseling I get to observe, first hand, these changes and watch relationships blossom and become more fruitful. Seeing Relationship Advice or a long term Marriage Counseling process resulting successfully for a couple is a very heart-warming and it amazes me that sometimes it is the smallest of changes the bring about the most fulfilling results. Read more... ...

More Veterans Suffer From ALS, but VA Moves to Help

...  veterans suffer from ALS, but VA moves to help “I tell people there are two different worlds for people with ALS,” said Suzanne Gilroy, senior social work manager for the North Carolina chapter of the ALS Association, the national not-for-profit group dedicated to fighting the disease and helping … Read more on Record-Searchlight A wonderful Dunedin Hospital experience Unfortunately on the eighth day, one of the group members, Mr. Fu Xin Zhang (my father), had a stroke and needed immediate medical attention. Within minutes, he was ambulanced and then hospitalised at the Lakes District Hospital … Words cannot … Read ...

Physical Therapy Clinics for Sale: Choosing the Right Physical Therapy Clinic

A Physical Therapy Clinic is a place where people with injuries, disabilities, and certain physical conditions can go to get professional treatment for their ailments. The clinics offer treatments daily from Mondays through Fridays with some staying open even on Saturdays. These clinics are staffed with physical therapists and their assistants, all of that are board-certified and able to handle various cases as patients show them. Read more... ...

Barrow Opens One-Stop ALS Treatment Center

Barrow opens one-stop ALS treatment center Social workers, nutritionists, respiratory therapists, and physical, speech and occupational therapists. 16 consultation … Doctors at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have treated Proctor since 2011 … Read more on Arizona Republic Sustained Pain Relief With RF Intradiscal Biacuplasty PHOENIX, Arizona — Patients treated with radiofrequency intradiscal biacuplasty (IDB) for discogenic low back pain show maintenance of improvements in pain and physical function for as long as a year after their procedure, a study shows. Discogenic … Read more on Medscape Read more... ...

Why Is My 1 Month Old Kitten Not Walking on It’s Own Yet?

Question by Nehal82: Why is my 1 month old kitten not walking on it’s own yet? My cat just delivered 2 kittens. They will be 4 weeks old this Tuesday. The female is out and about already, walking on her own and barely wants to stay in the box. On the other had, the male can barely walk yet. He’s all wobbly when he tries to move, and it almost looks like he wants to move around and explore but he can’t, like his legs won’t carry him. I’ve been giving a drop of calcium everyday (with the vets instructions) for the past 4 days but I haven’t been seeing any improvement. What could be wrong with him? The female kitten was also the first one to open her eyes; is it just a fact that he’s growing up slower than female kitten or should I be very worried? The father is also my cat. He is perfectly healthy. So there are no problems at least directly from the mother or father. But maybe genetically from previous generations. Brutus Mom: What kind of exerc ...