Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

LaKisha Bridgewater – Psychiatric Social Worker (PSW) Counselor —

New fast-track programme will train top graduates to work as mental health …
Demand for adult social workers is high: a third of all families includes someone who is mentally ill, while one in four people will experience a mental health problem during their lifetime. In 2010, more than 1.25 million people used specialist NHS …
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Lawmakers budget 0000 for youth mental health services in Hamptons
Fine contacted elected officials, who put together a task force of school officials and health care professionals. They wrote a draft plan for improving services on the South Fork, which calls for the hiring of a child psychiatrist and two social …
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Emergency: steady funding needed for drug programs in Northern Ontario
The first time I went to Sandy Lake, Ontario I was there to help administer a pilot project that aimed to reduce addiction in remote communities using an opiod replacement therapy: buprenorphine-naloxone, also called Suboxone. Sandy Lake is part of the …
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Kitsap considers crisis center as alternative to jail, emergency rooms for …
The center is just one of 15 proposals vying for the funding. Others include mental health training for police officers, substance abuse counselors at the jails and school-based mental health and substance abuse treatment. The funding will likely fund …
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Question by luvsagooddebate: Does anyone know of a good mental health inpatient treatment facility in Pennsylvania?
that accept adult patients
looking for a place that allows for extended stays as well, if needed

thanks
hospitals, wards, centers, whatever…just need a good quality place for treatment

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Answer by Autumn
Pennsylvania isn’t a small state, so I’m guessing you’re looking for a facility within a certain area? I think most hospitals have psychiatric wards, but you can also check out these sites for lists of inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities:

http://www.ushospital.info/Psychiatric/Pennsylvania.htm

http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/databases/facility-search.aspx?state=PA&fullname=Pennsylvania

You can also call your insurance company to ask for recommendations.

CTCA breaks ground for new inpatient facility
With the $ 84-million expansion, the Cancer Treatment Centers of America(CTCA) in Zion has reaffirmed itself as the prime engine that drives the local economy and beyond. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for a six-story, 168,078 square-foot …
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Question by : what are the stats for drug and alcohol recovery? How many users actually stop?
This question applies to addicts. How many drug addicts and alcoholics actually kick their habits? Let’s say 20 people go into treatment, how many of those 20 will get clean for a significant amount of time: 5 years or more?

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Answer by Who Am I
Unfortunately the number is pretty low. Out of 20 I would say maybe 4-5, if that.

Answer by raysny
Depends on the drug and the type of treatment. Over 90% of treatment in the US is 12step based: AA/NA. The rest is mostly Narconon (Scientology based) or heavily religious.

NA is generally seen as having a success rate equal to or less than AA. AA is general seen as having about a 5% success rate; the rate of natural remission (quitting on ones own) is about 5%.

Dr. Paula Cody – Teen Substance Abuse — Pediatrician Paula Cody, MD, of American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin, says drug problems are marked by social withdrawal, and conversati…

'Hospital without walls' to serve clients with severe, persistent mental illness
If the team's staffing and practices are implemented "to fidelity to the evidence-based model prescribed by (the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), you can expect the folks participating in that service to decrease …
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Hospital setting triggers worker drug abuse, theft
The high-stress environment of healthcare work not only lends itself to a higher rate of alcohol and drug abuse, it makes it difficult for workers struggling with drug abuse to seek help. "The medical community thinks it's immune from this disease, but …
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Question by sun83: Question for any Mental Health Technicians.
Did you go to school to become a mental health tech? What is the pay like? Are there job opportunities for mental health techs?

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Answer by jl
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