Mental health

Twelve Steps? How Does This Work?

Question by andria k: Twelve Steps? How does this work?
I looked up the 12 steps but it looks like a bunch of mumbo-jumbo. How is appealing to a higher power gonna make me change something. I have been doing… Continue reading

I Live in Olympia WA and Am Looking for a Counselor, Any Suggestions?

Question by Abby: I live in Olympia WA and am looking for a counselor, any suggestions?
I have needed to see a counselor for some time now to work on my depression, stress, family issues etc. It is starting to… Continue reading

A Ray Crawling Down My Shirt


 

A ray crawling down my shirt – It tickled.

 

Hospital didn't report alleged sexual contact with patient, documents say
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health investigators determined that the Pasadena psychiatric hospital did not provide “adequate medical… Continue reading

Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Improves Exercise Tolerance and Quality of Life Among Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipients With Late-Onset Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications (LONIPCs).

Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Improves Exercise Tolerance and Quality of Life Among Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipients With Late-Onset Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications (LONIPCs).

Chest. 2012 Oct 1; 142(4_MeetingAbstracts): 791A
Shannon V

SESSION TYPE: Physiology/PFTs/ Rehabilitation IIPRESENTED ON: Monday,… Continue reading

Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Improves Exercise Tolerance and Quality of Life Among Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipients With Late-Onset Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications (LONIPCs).

Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Improves Exercise Tolerance and Quality of Life Among Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT) Recipients With Late-Onset Noninfectious Pulmonary Complications (LONIPCs).

Chest. 2012 Oct 1; 142(4_MeetingAbstracts): 791A
Shannon V

SESSION TYPE: Physiology/PFTs/ Rehabilitation IIPRESENTED ON: Monday,… Continue reading

Life-Review Interventions as Psychotherapeutic Techniques in Psychotraumatology.

Life-review interventions as psychotherapeutic techniques in psychotraumatology.

Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2013; 4:
Maercker A, Bachem R

Life-review interventions (LRI) are psychotherapeutic techniques originally derived from gerontology, which can be distinguished from other biographical and reminiscing techniques. They have been… Continue reading

Administration of the Personal Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)


 

Administration of the Personal Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)

 

Mediterranean Diet Offers Cognitive Boost To The Aging Brain
The researchers' findings were recently published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. While past … These tests are… Continue reading

Social Work Major Social Problem?

Question by Kady P: Social work major social problem?
I need to write a graduate paper on a major problem in America and a suggested change.
I want to involve kids in the foster care system or juvenile delinquency.
Any… Continue reading

Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Transition-Age Youth With Serious Mental Health Conditions.

Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Transition-Age Youth With Serious Mental Health Conditions.

J Trauma Stress. 2013 May 20;
Frounfelker R, Klodnick VV, Mueser KT, Todd S

There is little information on trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and associated… Continue reading

The Use and Costs of Health and Social Services in Patients With Longstanding Substance Abuse.

The use and costs of health and social services in patients with longstanding substance abuse.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 May 22; 13(1): 185
Vossius C, Testad I, Skjæveland R, Nesvåg S

BACKGROUND: Persons with longstanding substance abuse might… Continue reading