Usual careTreatmentFive decades of research have produced scores of empirically tested psychotherapies for youths who have mental health problems and disorders. These empirically supported treatments (ESTs), most of them focused on single disorders or single problem domains (e.g., depressive disorders)...
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If you’re experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition like depression or are using alcohol or other substances to self-medicate as a result of your grief, it’s recommended that you seek out professional treatment. However, even if not, you may still experience the benefits of grief c...
Project 1 is about exploring healthy lifestyles. Good health and well-being are essential for everyone. Under their teacher's guidance, senior students have gained a basic understanding of personal, family and community health, in...
Review these strategies and resources to enhance mental health benefits in your organization and improve the wellbeing of your employees.
Mental ill-health, including amongchildren and young people, presents a major challenge for our society. While most care takes placein the community, a small proportion ofyoung peoplerequirecare in hospitalto ensure their safety. In this environment, practices that place even greater restriction, su...
Clear, accessible communication is a key element of a benefits program. Sometimes employees are saturated with information and sometimes, particularly in the “moments that matter” (e.g., a health crisis), the benefits program information is inaccessible or difficult to understand. Clear, accessible...
In the 1960s, psychedelics made a name for themselves as the “party drug”. Folk and rock enthusiasts and musicians used it illicitly. For this reason, the medical community discarded the idea of it having any meaningful benefit. Since then, psychedelics have been controversial due to ...
In many states, this money can come from other health care programs whose users are likely to gain new coverage as a result of Medicaid expansion. In Michigan, for example, the state budget realized substantial savings in correctional health care and community mental health when some of the ...
“appropriate use refers to patients receiving medications appropriate to their clinical needs, in doses that meet their individual requirements, for an adequate period of time, in order to provide the greatest possible benefit, and at the lowest cost to them, their community, the health system ...