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Should Mom Enter Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment for Dementia?

  Should Mom Enter Inpatient Psychiatric Treatment for Dementia? – The behaviors that are often associated with dementia, such as uncooperativeness, hallucinations, bizarre thoughts, and aggression can be difficult to manage…   by Stian Olsen Mental Health Reform: Virginia register of available inpatient psychiatric … “As changes are being made and examined, such as the General Assembly's consideration of lengthening the period of emergency custody, this online bed registry is another important tool to help ensure that people who need mental health help get it … Read more on Daily Press (blog) Read more... ...

Mental Health Rehab: Improve Your Mental Health With Ayurveda

When the intensity of negative reactions to our life situations become repetitive and frequent, symptoms of depression begin to crop up. Do you often experience the will of shutting out from the world and remaining isolated? Do you feel your self-worth and self-confidence eroding away for no specific reason? And do you find yourself sitting for hours together and thinking about nothing? If your answer to these questions is yes, you might be entering into an episode of depression and anxiety. Depression refers to a state of persistent anxiety, sadness and feelings of sadness and hopelessness. It is characterized by the feelings of contemplating suicide, fatigue or loss of energy, irritability or restlessness, insomnia and so on. The symptoms of depression may occur in people of any age group -whether children, youth or old. Read more... ...

BioCorRx Inc. Announces Expansion of the Start Fresh Program to Include

...  of the Start Fresh Program to Include … The first component of the program consists of an outpatient implant procedure performed by a licensed physician that delivers therapeutic levels of the drug Naltrexone, an opioid antagonist that significantly reduces physical cravings for alcohol and … Read more on Wall Street Journal HPMH: New substance abuse treatment department kicks off today According to HPMH outpatient therapist Jennifer Colby, licensed specialist in clinical social work and licensed addiction counselor, the new services are exciting because there are few facilities in northwest Kansas that can treat “co-occurring” issues … Read more on hays Post Read ...

Heroin Overdoses on the Rise

Heroin Overdoses on the Rise Gina Pfohl tells 2 on your side that heroin and opiate overdoes have gone up about 10 percent in Niagara County in the last year. There's a waiting list at the treatment center where they see prescription drugs being a gateway to heroin first hand … Read more on WGRZ-TV Health and wellness services growing in Fair Lawn Garden State Orthopaedics, Garden State Surgical Center and Garden State Physical Therapy take up nearly a block from 28-04 to 28-12 Broadway. Add a long list of doctors and specialists, medical treatment and therapy centers along with nearby … Read more on NorthJersey.com Read more... ...

Girls Recap: The Broadway Scene

Girls Recap: The Broadway Scene Hannah's intense anxieties about her book often come across as extreme self-interest, whether she's making a fool of herself at her editor's funeral or interrupting her father's explanation of his surgery to freak out about her contract. But of course … Read more on Vulture Ape Dread, Dog Worry: Animals And Anxiety Gripped by anxiety and phobias since childhood, Stossel offers a wide-ranging account of how anxiety has been understood historically and how its etiology and treatment are nowadays fiercely debated. Mixed in are fascinating, often harrowing, vignettes … Read more on OPB News Read more... ...

Allen County to Start Re-Entry Court

Allen 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 more... ...

Your Teen and Alcohol: Signs of a Problem

...  Teen and Alcohol: Signs of a Problem It is important for all parents to familiarize themselves with the most common signs that a teenager has developed an alcohol problem. After all, research indicates that as many as 30 percent of all high school students participate in binge drinking … Read more on Social Work Helper BOOK REVIEW: 'Skippy, Volume 2' You can see early signs of this gradual transformation in “Skippy, Vol. 2.” Whereas the period of … There would be difficult times to come for Crosby, including alcoholism and his terrible end in Bellevue Hospital's psychiatric ward. However, between … Read more on Washington Times Read ...