"American Riviera" to See Increase in Homelessness
Santa Barbara County's Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services (ADMHS) is expected to present a budget and operational plan that would purge more than 800 people from the ADMHS caseload, removing the lifelines that support recovery and permanent supportive housing. The plan includes a 60%, $6 million cut to the community-based programs that provide critical services as well as a $2.7 million cut to the County operated mental health clinics, ensuring that many people who need services in the future will be denied access to care. The community estimates that more than 800 people would become homeless as a direct result of the cuts. This is sure to effect local tourism in Santa Barbara, which is often a haven for celebrities and dignataries ...

How a Mental Health Counselor Can Change Your Life
You do not have to suffer mental stress and depression alone Instead, you should seek professional help and learn how a mental health counselor can change your life

RevolutionHealth.com Empowers Students, Parents to Cope with Anxieties of College Life: College Health Center Surfaces Issues, Ways to Overcome T
As millions of young adults head for college this Fall, safety and mental health are top-of-mind for both students and parents. A recent survey finds more than four in ten parents (43%) expressed concern about the health and safety of their child, while colleges nationwide are finding an increase in use of mental health services on campus.

How Mental Health Disorders Can Ruin Your Life
The term mental health refers to the outward leaning on different ways of mental health Fascinating into account ethnical conflicts and the particular considerations of the country, it deals with the medical biz of mental disorders in contrastive countries, mental health education, and their treatment options, financial and political views

Emergency Grants and Mental Health First Aid Training Available to Meet Mental Health Needs after Haiti Earthquake
The National Council is offering small emergency grants and free Mental Health First Aid training to support mental health efforts in the wake of the devastating Haiti earthquake.

Who's Who In The Mental Health Service: GPS, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, CPNS And Allied Therapists
When a person is experiencing psychological or emotional difficulties (hereafter called 'mental health problems?), they may well attend their GP. The GP will interview them and based on the nature and severity of the persons symptoms may either recommend treatment himself or refer the person on to a specialist. There can seem a bewildering array of such specialists, all with rather similar titles, and one can wonder as to why they've been referred to one specialist rather than another. In this article I give an outline of the qualifications, roles and typical working styles of these specialists. This may be of interest to anyone who is about to, or already seeing, these specialists.

Morality As A Mental State
INTRODUCTIONMoral values, rules, principles, and judgements are often thought of as beliefs or as true beliefs. Those who hold them to be true beliefs also annex to them a warrant or a justification (from the "real world").

Taking It to the Streets: National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Begins July 1
NAMI Highlights Surgeon General’s Concerns

Black Men and the Stigma of Seeking Mental Health Help
Neo soul artist, Angie Stone puts to lyrics what many Black women have been thinking about Black men for years when she said 'you got mad issues, and you tend to refuse every opportunity to right your wrong? Because the women in our lives, who know us so intimately and care for us so deeply, can see when we are hurting or responding out of pain

Nursing
Did you know that there is a branch of nursing that is concerned particularly for people of all ages who are suffering from mental illness or mental distress? This branch of nursing is known as psychiatric nursing or mental health nursing. It is this branch of nursing that pays attention to such mental ailments as psychosis, depression and dementia.

Mental Illness in the Workplace
With an estimated 262 percent of Americans ages 18 and older ý about one in four adults ý suffering from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year, mental Illness, either directly or indirectly, affects nearly every person in the workplace; but it's still an unspoken and neglected reality for most companies

Mental Health Software Vendor Lowers Prices to Appeal to Smaller, Community Mental Health
CTIS (Convergent Therapy Information System) software is now available for $375 per user license, with additional volume discounts, in an effort to appeal to smaller, community-based mental health organizations that need an affordable software tool to increase efficiency in managing patient records. While CTIS works very well for larger organizations, the former pricing structure was sometimes difficult for a smaller CMHC (Community Mental Health Center) to afford. CTIS allows any Behavioral/Mental Health organization to "do more with less" in this difficult economic environment, while also anticipating future compliancy needs. CTIS requires no recurring usage fees, and a special bundle is available for sole practitioners.

New Eduventures Study Examines Mental Health Issues at Colleges and Universities Through the Lens of Students and Campus Stakeholders
Eduventures, Inc., the leader in shared-cost, data-driven research and consulting for higher education, has announced the launch of a three-part study - titled Mental Health Report -- that will focus on mental health issues at colleges and universities and how these institutions can better understand and best meet the mental health needs of both undergraduate and graduate students.