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A simple gift can go a long way in helping heal.
For residents of Milwaukee County’s Crisis Resource Center, sometimes a simple gift is all people need to know they’re cared for. Nancy Maier, a retired schoolteacher, crochets a scarf a day to “give comfort to a person who feels like they have no one who loves them.”
Read more: Gifts From the Heart Have No Limit…
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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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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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America’s Brain Health Index is part of a national health education campaign, Beautiful Minds: Finding Your Lifelong Potential, which evaluates all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia, based on 21 brain health factors in areas including diet and nutrition, physical health, mental health, and social well-being.
Read more: America’s Brain Health Index Rates States…
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Read Tony Jace’s latest entry in the CPI Executive Blog, “Report Reveals One in Four Inpatients Are Restrained in Ontario Care Facilities,” about a report released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, which reveals startling facts about the use of restraint in Ontario health care facilities.
Read more: Report Reveals One in Four Inpatients Are Restrained in Ontario Care Facilities…
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