Recently, whilst having a telephone consultation with a community mental health nurse being assessed back in the system after 5 years I made this very clear. I know what I need, I know what helps me, what I won’t put up with and what are serious red flags. If I decline certain suppo...
(Participant G, Registered Mental Health Nurse & Clinical Lead) It has been acknowledged that female prisoners may be hesitant to engage with mental healthcare services when there are concerns around breaches in privacy, anonymity and confidentiality (Plugge, Douglas, & Fitzpatrick, 2008). The pre...
As a nurse I experienced the coming, going, and what's inside of humans pertaining to physical health. As a mental health therapist, I understand the realities of mental, emotional, and life crises. As a theologian, I understand religious traditions, belief systems and how these can be or...
Nordstrom, right, waits as registered nurse Eileen Hodges prepares an injection for a patient that needed to be restrained in the psychiatric emergency services department at Denver Health Medical Center in July.Urgent need Colorado ranks in the bottom half of states in mental health spending per ...
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), the only professionals who can prescribe medication for specific mental health conditions are psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners,prescribing psychologists(in some states), and other medical doctors (MDs); which is not what you should ...
Raine Thomas is the award-winning author of more than 20 bestselling romances spanning contemporary romance, Sci-Fi romance, and YA fantasy romance. She’s a hopeless romantic with a background in the fields of mental health and wedding planning…two areas that intersect far more than one woul...
And I asked about the weather, joking, and he told me: “It’s so beautiful.” This is for the one who tried to escape I saw what he was doing I cheered him on in my head and looked away, Don’t give him away, He crouched down low below the nurse’s station And quietly bo...
I had to work my butt off, yes, but it was invaluable training to me and, I believe, my colleagues, too. In the state of Colorado, I believe that the mental health field is woefully under-regulated thus leaving the general public at greater risk for being duped or even abused. Mr....
I was also a licensed practical nurse years ago and have completed a year of health coaching training. I am passionate about the food/mood connection and its bridge between physical and mental health. I have also taken some graduate level courses in complementary and alternative medicine because ...
We need it so bad on our campus…so many students come to me to talk about their depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues and just today, a student talked to me about the time she attempted suicide. Our teens are really suffering right now and I worry about them. Why are ...