With a doctor shortage across Greater Victoria, operations manager Melanie Winter said the Foundry is no different than other walk-in clinics, often reaching capacity early in the day. “Since opening the doors we’ve seen an influx … There’s just not enough time or resources available for ...
Community mental health clinics, however, are seeing an influx of new Medicaid patients. “It’s pretty remarkable that insurance companies treat psychiatric care different than they treat all other care,” Zane said. “For some reason, brain failure is different than heart failure. That is one...
In this paper, we estimate the gap between the current supply of mental health workers and the number needed to adequately treat the population for KSA by estimating the current prevalence of mental health disorders and needed resources for treatment. The analysis employs an epidemiologic need-based...
I knew things were bad. I am Chair of the Board of theDallas Theater Center, a board Deedie convinced me to join. Deedie and I often talk about the sad state of mental health care in our country, trying to construct ways to make it better. We support each other’s work in mental...
Mental health is just an illness, like any other. When we talk about mental health, we do so in hushed terms. it shouldn’t be a stigma. If more of us address it, openly, we’ll be able to address some of the problems we face collectively. Mental health
followed by a two-gram booster. He describes it as equivalent to a decade of highly effective talk therapy. “I came out with a deeply renewed interest in exploring this world,” he says. “I felt there was a possibility that you could walk into the experience and walk out a very diffe...
Results: When asked about common reasons for visiting health clinics, the most salient responses were malaria, general postnatal care, and husbands being absent. Amongst the free listed items that were identified as mental health problems, the three highest ranked concerns were adeka na aomisio (...
BMC Psychiatry (2016) 16:305 DOI 10.1186/s12888-016-1008-1 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Pathways and access to mental health care services by persons living with severe mental disorders and epilepsy in Uganda, Liberia and Nepal: a qualitative study Rose Kisa1*, Florence Baingana1, Rehema Ka...
Cardinal Health PatientScribe PatientScribe is a combination of tablet and software for delivering clinical services to patients. The first target were patients visiting cancer clinics for infusion of their drug therapy regimen. Upon entering the clinic the patients would be handed a tablet and they...
FMGs are primary care medical clinics where family doctors practise in collaboration with other professionals, including nurses [33]. FMG-Us differ from FMGs in that they are university-affiliated learning environments for medical residents and other health trainees [34]. Two sampling strategies were ...