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All employees in programs certified by the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH) must be trained in the safe use of restraint. As of March 1, 2012, the updated ADMH rules require that restraint be used only when the client’s behavior presents a clear, present, and immediate risk to the physical safety of the client or others, and only when it is the least restrictive intervention available.
Read more: Updated Seclusion and Restraint Rules for Alabama…
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Daniel Tammet, a writer and artist with high-functioning autism and savant syndrome, defines synesthesia as “an unusual cross-talk between the senses.” A synesthete himself, he perceives language, numbers, and colors as intertwined. “Words can have colors and emotions; numbers [can have] shapes and personalities,” and thus “the world is richer, vaster than it too often seems to be,” he said in a TED Talk called “Different Ways of Knowing.”
Read more: Man With Autism Perceives World in Phenomenal Way…
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The Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex in WI has undergone changes including adding special, separate units for vulnerable and/or violent residents in an effort to de-escalate these individuals from stages of agitation, according to a recent article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Read Kim Warchol’s latest entry in the Dementia Care Blog: Facilitating Best Abilities and Quality of Life, “Caring for Physically Aggressive Persons With ADRD,” containing tips on how to help an aggressive individual change clothes.
Read more: Caring for Physically Aggressive Persons With ADRD…
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Ohio amended its Administrative Code for the Ohio Department of Mental Health Certification Standards to include Chapter 5122-26-16: Seclusion, Restraint, and Time-Out, effective January 1, 2012. This rule provides general requirements for use and reduction of seclusion and restraint.
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A new service provided by hospitals in the northern suburbs of Chicago is intended to offer individuals with mental health illnesses a more calming environment and experience than they might receive in a traditional emergency room. Individuals can come to a “Living Room” and receive immediate care in a crisis situation, provided by staff counselors who have successfully handled their own mental health illnesses.
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According to a report released by Medco Health Solutions, Inc., one in five adults took at least one medicine for anxiety and depression last year. The number was higher for women, at one in four.
Read more: One in Five Adults Takes Behavioral Medication…
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