Health bosses have secured ï¿¡2.8 million of government funding to provide better mental health counselling services for people.
The new cash will allow both East Sussex Downs and Weald and Hastings and Rother Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), working closely with Sussex Partnership Trust, to recruit staff who offer properly supervised low and high intensity talking therapies.
The [...]
A public consultation is being held this week on planned changes to mental health services in the Glasgow area.
On Wednesday June 25th, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is holding a public meeting to discuss proposals to remove services from the Vale of Leven Hospital and transfer them to Glasgow’s Gartnavel Royal Hospital.The Helensburgh Advertiser reports [...]
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is studying the implementation of mental health programmes in primary health clinics across the country, an official has told Khaleej Times.
According to Dr Muna Al Kuwari, Director of Central Primary Health in the MoH, primary health services in the country will be expanded to include mental health services to both [...]
The drug can cause chest pain, shortness of breath, anxiety, palpitations, dizziness, nausea and heavy sweating — all symptoms of a heart attack. “Not knowing what you are dealing with and giving the wrong therapies could mean death rather than benefit,” said Dr. James [...]
OTTAWA - A new study suggests that the use of the health-care system in Canada, and mental health services in particular, differs by sexual orientation.
A report published Wednesday by Statistics Canada sought to answer whether sexual identity had anything to do with having a regular doctor, consulting health-care providers, taking preventive screening tests and having [...]
The Arkansas City Fire Department will host the 22nd Annual Health and Safety Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 at the department, 115 South D St.
“Usually we estimate 700 to 800 people come through,” Fire Chief Randy Leach said. “One reason we host the fair is to make people aware [...]
At the same time, parents are paying a student health fee that can run a few hundred dollars a year. And many colleges promote student insurance policies that are accepted at campus clinics but cost hundreds of dollars. But more students and parents are [...]
“If we make mistakes,” Kadison said, “let’s make them on the side of being conservative and get students in for evaluations.” Already lauded nationally for its strict counseling requirement for suicidal students, the University of Illinois counseling department expanded its reach after a [...]
The movement sought to avoid attempts to make those who use mental health services comply with what psychiatrists prescribe as treatment, drawing instead on its own resources to offer alternatives to medical intervention.Born in Liverpool, McLaughlin was a revolutionary socialist and spent many years working in industry. As a psychologist, he was much more interested [...]
