Dear fellow clinical gerontologists.Providing mental health care to older adults can be creative and rewarding. In this issue, we present review papers and intervention development papers focusing on novel interventions to improve emotional well-being in older adults. Also included are a series of ...
Our goal is to help individuals achieve a renewed sense of emotional well-being and peace. We are dedicated to providing high-quality psycho-educational assessments, and individualized behavioral services that will help children achieve their maximum intellectual potential and emotional well-being. Our ...
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease affecting 8.3% of the US population, with this percentage sharply increasing for older adults (15-20%) and often leading to serious medical complications and high healthcare costs [1]. Patients with diabetes are at increased risk for depression, compounding ...
Caregivers also reported hoping to experience less stigma related to the mental health needs of their children and to achieve personal fulfillment for themselves and their children. Research, policies, and mental health services should prioritize and be designed to address the outcomes that matter to ...
the most effective forms of psychotherapy tend to belong to the cognitive-behavioral school.Cognitive-behavioral therapyinvolves changing the way the patient processes information and how they deal with the world. You should note that treatment for adults and children is often similar, but may not ...
Excerpt Background: Adults who have been identified as being in poor health typically exhibit chronic health conditions and concomitant higher health care expenditures. These adults have proportionately lower health insurance coverage and may face barriers to treatment access. Method: Estimates for this ...
Tomopoulos S, Valdez PT, Dreyer BP, Fierman AH, Berkule SB, Kuhn M, Mendelsohn AL (2007) Is exposure to media intended for preschool children associated with less parent-child shared reading aloud and teaching activities? Ambul Pediatr 7(1):18–24.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ambp.2006.10...
By David Conejo, CEO,Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services. David Conejo The statistics are terrifying.According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)Alcohol poisoning kills six people every day. Of those, 76 percent are adults ages 35 to 64, and thr...
"We also need to stop thinking of nutrition and physical activity as medicines that can only benefit health. They're activities that take place in a context and we can use them to achieve the goals we want, whether they're health-related or not," said Esteban. ...
Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors: An Updated Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. Evidence Synthesis No. 152. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcar...