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Selected Mental Health Films: a Guide for Persons Responsible for Planning and Conducting Mental Health Education Programs in the Community or in Specialized Educational Settings

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Selected Mental Health Films: a Guide for Persons Responsible for Planning and Conducting Mental Health Education Programs in the Community or in Specialized Educational Settings

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

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The Meadows of Wickenburg Announces New Senior Clinical Liaison

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Wickenburg, Arizona (PRWEB) April 01, 2012

The Meadows, a world-class trauma and addiction center in Wickenburg, Arizona, is pleased to announce Nancy Bailey as the new Senior Clinical Liaison at The Meadows. In this new role, Nancy is responsible for providing quality and seamless communication and interaction between interventionists, clinical professionals, and referral sources. She also offers education and awareness to inquiries about The Meadows services and programs.

Nancy began her career at The Meadows in 2008 as a facilitator for The Meadows workshops and transitioned to the Intake Interventionist position in 2010 before accepting her new responsibilities as Senior Clinical Liaison. Bailey’s passion and commitment to working in the field of addiction and mental health began in 1994 at The Caron Foundation. In addition to her dedication to working with patients, Bailey has a strong history of working with families whose lives have been impacted by dysfunction, particularly women’s sexual assault, domestic violence, and eating disorder related issues.

“We are very pleased that Nancy Bailey has assumed her new role at The Meadows as the Senior Clinical Liaison,” said Jim Dredge, CEO for The Meadows. “Nancy is an integral part of The Meadows team and we know that she will continue to provide excellence in service to all constituents.”

The Meadows is an industry leader in treating trauma and addiction through its inpatient and workshop programs. To learn more about The Meadows’ work with trauma and addiction contact an intake coordinator at (866) 856-1279 or visit http://www.themeadows.com.

For over 35 years, The Meadows has been a leading trauma and addiction treatment center. In that time, they have helped more than 20,000 patients in one of their three centers or in national workshops.The Meadows world-class team of Senior Fellows, Psychiatrists, Therapists and Counselors treat the symptoms of addiction and the underlying issues that cause lifelong patterns of self-destructive behavior. The Meadows is a Level 1 psychiatric hospital that is accredited by the Joint Commission.

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Calling Attention to Mental Health as a ‘Neglected Issue’

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I’m Alex Villarreal with the VOA Special English Development Report, from voaspecialenglish.com | http Sunday, October tenth, was World Mental Health Day. This year’s observance centered on the relationship between mental health and chronic physical conditions like diabetes and cancer. The World Health Organization says more than four hundred fifty million people suffer from poor mental health. The most common disorders are depression and schizophrenia. Mental health experts also include other disorders like drug and alcohol abuse that affect millions of people. Elena Berger is with the World Federation for Mental Health. That organization, based in the United States, held the first World Mental Health Day in nineteen ninety-two. Mrs. Berger says mental health problems are most severe in poor countries that lack the resources to deal with them. She says in developing countries, a huge number of people, up to eighty-five percent, cannot get any form of mental health treatment. Experts say about half of all mental health problems first appear before the age of fifteen. The countries with the highest percentages of young people are in the developing world. That means they are also the countries with the poorest levels of mental health resources. The WHO says many low- and middle-income countries have only one child psychiatrist for every one to four million people.Worldwide, depression is the leading mental health problem, and a leading cause of disability. In two thousand …
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Mental health matters to the overall health and well-being to a community more than one might think. Health professionals and community leaders in Battle Creek, Michigan unite in this video to bring a message of hope and encouragement to people in need of mental health services. With one voice they seek to break down barriers and build a bridge that will lead people to make changes in their lives and seek the help they need. For information about mental health services please call Summit Pointe 269/966-1460.
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Aging Out

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Aging Out

  • Artfully co-directed by award-wining filmmakers Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth, “Aging Out” chronicles the daunting obstacles that three foster children encounter as they “age out” of the system and are suddenly on their own for the first time. Following them as they become parents, battle drug addiction, and even end up in jail, Weisberg and Roth show how three adolescents use the tenacity they

Artfully directed by award-winning filmmaker Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth, AGING OUT chronicles the daunting obstacles that three young people in foster care encounter as they “age out” of the system and are suddenly on their own for the first time. Navigating the transition from adolescence to adulthood is challenging for even the most mature and privileged youth. For three teens in urban New York and Los Angeles, however, making the transition to independent living is considerably more difficult. Lacking family support, they are suddenly forced to fend for themselves with no job skills, meager financial resources, and little preparation to survive on their own. Following them as they become parents, battle drug addiction, cope with homelessness, and even end up in jail, Weisberg and Roth show how three teenagers use the resiliancy they developed “in the system” to retake control of their lives. AGING OUT is more than a dark chronicle of young people who move from foster care into the welfare, mental health, and criminal justice systems. This emotionally complex film is also a portrait of young adults struggling to overcome the scars of their troubled childhood in order to realize their dreams of independence and fulfillment. DVD Features: Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

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Understanding the brain | A Film by the Wellcome Trust

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This short film introduces one of the Trust’s five major Research Challenges, intended to span at least the next decade: Understanding the brain. The Wellcome trust funds a significant portfolio of neuroscience and mental health research – ranging from studies of molecular and cellular components to work on cognition and higher systems. We also have strong interests in applied clinical research on neurological and mental health disorders and support activities that explore historical, ethical, social and artistic perspectives on the mind and mental health.
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Professor Catherine Panter-Brick’s research consists of critical analyses of health and wellbeing across key stages of human development, giving special attention to the impact of poverty, disease, malnutrition, armed conflict, and social marginalization. She has published widely on child and adolescent health, including articles on violence and mental health in Afghanistan, household decision-making and infant survival in famine-stricken Niger, the social ecology of growth retardation in Nepali slums, biomarkers of stress in contexts of violence and homelessness, the effectiveness of public health interventions, and human rights and public health approaches as applied to international work with street children. We talk with Professor Panter-Brick about research she’s done in Afghanistan focusing on the mental health of children.

Excluded From School: Systemic Practice for Mental Health and Education Professionals

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Excluded From School: Systemic Practice for Mental Health and Education Professionals

Excluded From School exposes the reasons why, despite many national and local initiatives, large numbers of children continue to tax the education system to such a degree that they become permanently excluded from school.

Sue Rendall and Morag Stuart draw on their experience in psychology and education to demonstrate the need for a more thorough exploration of the underlying root causes of the problem. Based on a systemic framework, their approach allows the inclusion of a vast range of possible contributory factors: within the child, within the family, within the school, and within the complex interrelations between these three systems. By demonstrating the need for inter-discipline and inter-agency collaboration, the authors succeed in presenting a persuasive challenge to the blame culture which exists between schools, parents and educational professionals and policymakers in relation to school exclusion.

The original research presented here, along with the inclusion of the experiences of children, parents and teachers, provides a valuable new perspective on the problem of school exclusions that will be welcomed by all professionals working in this field.

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ACHC Prepares for the Next Phase of Beta Testing for its Behavioral Health Accreditation Program

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Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) February 28, 2012

The Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. has scheduled its next round of Beta Tests for the new Behavioral Health Accreditation Program. The Mental Health Center of East Central Kansas is scheduled for survey April 2012. This Beta Test survey will be used to validate eight of the nineteen service standards that have been written for the new program. Previous Beta Tests have proven valuable to the participating organizations. Beth Gregory RN,CNS, PhD Chronic Care Program Manager-Behavioral Health Amedisys Inc. said, “Participating in the beta testing of the new behavioral health Standards with ACHC allowed us to evaluate our own program and ensure it provides the highest level of patient care. We were honored to participate.” ACHC intends on conducting several more Beta Tests throughout the year.

ACHC will be presenting an overview of its Behavioral Health Accreditation Program and Beta Testing opportunities at the 42nd National Council Mental Health and Addictions Conference on Sunday April 15th at 10:45 am in Chicago, IL. ACHC invites all Behavioral Health Providers to learn more about the Program and Beta Testing opportunities. RSVP to attend, click here.

David Swann, MA LCAS, CCS, LPC, NCC, Chief Executive Officer Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare and National Speaker said, “ACHC’s Behavioral Health Accreditation is a set of comprehensive standards that will result in the improvement of the quality of health care delivered. ACHC’s vision to inspire excellence and mission to improve patient services are validated through their ongoing commitment to quality through these standards.” Any participating Beta Test Organization will have the opportunity to earn a full accreditation at no cost.

ACHC is a not-for-profit organization that has stood as a symbol of quality and excellence since 1986. They are ISO 9001:2008 certified and have CMS Deeming Authority for Home Health, Hospice and DMEPOS. ACHC offers personal Account Managers, relevant and realistic standards, competitive pricing and a friendly, consultative approach to accreditation. Accreditation by ACHC reflects an organization’s dedication and commitment to meeting standards that facilitate a higher level of performance and patient care.

For more information, or to download free accreditation standards, please visit ACHC.org, email bwelch(at)achc(dot)org or call 919-785-1214.

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FEI Announces Launch of Crisis Management Blog: A blog forum for the crisis management community

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Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) February 22, 2012

FEI Behavioral Health, a leading Milwaukee-based crisis management, EAP and wellness company, is pleased to announce the launch of its new Crisis Management blog. FEI envisions this blog as a virtual forum where clients and those within the crisis management community can exchange ideas with their peers, as well as share their views, experiences, and resources on any relevant subject.

The Crisis Management Blog will allow leaders in the field to tap into FEI’s expertise, through a professional, respectful and confidential exchange.

As a leader in providing a full continuum of workforce resilience options, FEI also maintains its Manager Exchange blog to deliver valuable insights to managers, supervisors, and those within the HR field.

“We wanted to provide a similar information sharing channel for the crisis management community,” said Ted Uczen, company president. “Leaders in the crisis field represent a variety of perspectives, and we hope this forum will provide a meeting place of ideas and information for all.”

The FEI Crisis Management blog will be accessible to the public at all times via the FEI Behavioral Health website. New material will be posted weekly with an array of topics relevant to the crisis management field. It will create an opportunity for users to exchange ideas, resources and experiences with experts and their peers.

“We are very excited about the connection that our crisis blog will allow us to form between our clients and other experts in the crisis field” said Uczen. “Our hope is that this blog will help keep companies informed of current business continuity issues, and prepare them to handle unthinkable crises of all types, so that they can maintain healthy, resilient organizations.”

To experience the FEI Crisis Management Blog, visit: http://www.feinet.com/crisisblog.

For more than 30 years, FEI Behavioral Health has been a trusted partner in protecting and enhancing workforce effectiveness and organizational resiliency. FEI offers flexible solutions for the full spectrum of workforce resilience goals, from crisis preparedness and management to EAP and wellness services.

The company integrates its mental health expertise and critical incident experience to provide emotional support and assistance in times of crisis both onsite and by phone. More information about FEI Behavioral Health is available at http://www.feinet.com.

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Science and Consciousness Day 1 Speakers Announced for March 2012 Chopra Foundation Symposium

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Deepak Chopra, MD

(PRWEB) February 15, 2012

The world is in for a shake up as a historic lineup of distinguished scientists, leaders, and humanitarians make plans to gather next month to address the most important scientific, social, and spiritual questions of our time at the Chopra Foundation’s Third Annual Sages and Scientists Symposium, being held at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California Saturday, March 3 through Monday, March 5, 2012.

The Foundation has just released the following names of the speakers who will address the audience on Day 1. A brief bio of each speaker follows.


Deepak Chopra – Opening and Welcome
Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D. – Balancing the Four Phases of the Mind for Higher Consciousness
Joel Primack, Ph.D. – Consciousness of the Cosmos
Nancy Abrams, JD. – Cosmic Consciousness in the Real Universe
Menas Kafatos, Ph.D. – The Riddle of Consciousness
Henry Stapp, Ph.D. – How Free Will Affects the Universe
Michael Shermer, Ph.D. – The Believing Brain
J. Ivy – Words That Heal: Speaking Power into Life
Vilayanur S Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D. – The Self: Neurology and Metaphysics

CONDENSED BIOGRAPHIES

Deepak Chopra is the founder of the Chopra Foundation and co-founder and chairman of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. As a global leader and pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, Chopra transforms the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness.

Chopra is the recipient of numerous honors, including the 2010 Goi Peace Award, 2010 Starlite Humanitarian Award, 2010 Art for Life Honoree, 2009 Oceana Partners Award, 2006 Ellis Island Medal of Honor presented by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations Foundation, 2006 Trailblazer Award by the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, and 2002 Einstein Humanitarian Award through Albert Einstein College of Medicine in collaboration with the American Journal of Psychotherapy.

Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D. is a Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and author of Decoding Darkness: The Search for the Genetic Causes of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Dr. Tansi’s research is primarily aimed at identifying and characterizing Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-associated gene mutations/variants with the ultimate goal of defining the molecular, cellular, and biochemical events leading to neuronal cell death in the brains of AD patients.

Joel Primack, Ph.D. is a Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who specializes in the formation and evolution of galaxies and the nature of the dark matter that makes up most of the matter in the universe.

Dr. Primack received his A.B. from Princeton in 1966 and his Ph.D. from Stanford in 1970. He was then a Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows of Harvard University. After helping to create what is now called the “Standard Model” of particle physics, Primack was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1988 “for pioneering contributions to gauge theory and cosmology.” He was elected to the Executive Committee of the APS Division of Astrophysics 2001-2002. He has won awards for his research from the A. P. Sloan Foundation and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Nancy Abrams, JD. is the co-author, with world-renowned cosmologist Joel R. Primack, of The New Universe and the Human Future: How a Shared Cosmology Could Transform the World (Yale University Press, 2011) and The View from the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos (Penguin/Riverhead, 2006).

Abrams has a bachelor’s degree in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Chicago, a law degree from the University of Michigan, and a diploma in international trade and law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City.

Dr. Menas Kafatos, Ph.D. is Vice Chancellor for Special Projects and also Dean of the Schmid College of Science, Director of the Center for Excellence in Applied, Computational, and Fundamental Science, and The Fletcher Jones Endowed Professor of Computational Physics at Chapman University.

Dr. Kafatos has published numerous books including The Conscious Universe, the Non-local Universe (with Robert Nadeau, Springer-Verlag), Principles of Integrative Science (with Mihai Draganescu, Romanian Academy of Sciences Press), and more than 250 articles on computational science, astrophysics, Earth systems science, hazards and global change, general relativity, cosmology, foundations of quantum theory, and consciousness.

Henry Stapp, Ph.D. is a theoretical physicist at the University of California’s Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, specializing in the conceptual and mathematical foundations of quantum theory, and in particular in the quantum aspects of the relationship between our streams of conscious experience and the physical processes occurring in our brains.

Dr. Stapp worked closely with Werner Heisenberg, Wolfgang Pauli, and John Wheeler, and is author of two books on the quantum mechanical foundation of the connection between mind and matter: Mind, Matter, and Quantum Mechanics; and Mindful Universe: Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer. These works lay the foundation for a science-based approach to the question of human free will.

Michael Shermer, Ph.D. is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, the host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, and Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University and Chapman University.

Dr. Shermer is the author of The Mind of the Market, Why Darwin Matters: Evolution and the Case Against Intelligent Design; Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown; and The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Share, Care, and Follow the Golden Rule.

J. Ivy is a poet, author, live and voice-over actor, model, photographer, and song writer. He is the first of his kind when it comes to the art of hip hop poetry and has taken the art of poetry directly to today’s mainstream music and television arenas.

His motivational motto, “Dreams Don’t Come True, They Are True,” has guided him from his native home Chicago to becoming a Grammy-Award-winning artist. At his breathtaking performances for people of all ages and his appearances on countless television networks, J. Ivy’s passionate delivery always leaves spectators transfixed in a state of inspiration, and because of that he is recognized all over the planet.

Vilayanur S Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D. is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the Salk Institute.

Dr. Ramachandran has published over 180 papers in scientific journals (including five invited review articles in the Scientific American). He is author of the acclaimed book Phantoms in the Brain, which has been translated into nine languages and formed the basis for a two-part series on Channel Four TV (UK) and a 1 hour PBS special in USA. Newsweek magazine has named him a member of “The Century Club” – one of the “hundred most prominent people to watch in the next century.”

ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM

The public and press are invited to come together for these three packed days of conversation on science and consciousness. Sages and Scientists will explore responsible leadership, http://local.sfgate.com/171039/ environmental sustainability, [peace and justice __title__ The Mission of the Chopra Foundation], world transformation, and social and economic challenges, and will end with a summarization and creative solutions.

The Chopra Foundation is requesting a donation of $ 1,995—$ 1,000 of which is tax deductible—for general participation, after which registration will be complimentary. Contributions to the Symposium will be used to support collaborative research on the realization of consciousness, carry on the Foundation’s other charitable work, and pay expenses for the program.

Accommodations are available at The La Costa Resort and Spa. Please register online at http://www.choprafoundation.org and use the promo code #54E883 or call (800) 854-5000.

When making a reservation, please mention “The Chopra Foundation Sages and Scientists Symposium” to receive the special discounted rate: $ 169.00 per night. This rate excludes resort fees and taxes, and is based on availability.

In addition to the specified room rates, there will be an Automatic Daily Resort charge of $ 10, plus California Tourism Assessment Fee (which is currently 0.13% per room, per night), plus applicable taxes (which are currently 10%).

To obtain more information about The Chopra Foundation, please visit the Foundation’s website: http://www.choprafoundation.org.

About the Chopra Foundation

The Chopra Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to improving health and well-being, cultivating spiritual knowledge, expanding consciousness, and promoting world peace to all members of the human family.

The organization’s mission is to participate with individuals and organizations in creating a critical mass for a peaceful, just, sustainable, and healthy world through scientifically and experientially exploring non-dual consciousness as the ground of existence and applying this understanding in the enhancement of health, business, leadership and conflict resolution.

To learn more about The Chopra Foundation, please visit the Foundation’s website: choprafoundation.org.

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Mind Colloquium Series — Networks, resources and agencies

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Mind Colloquium Series — 16th September 2011 Presented by Mind in collaboration with Vicserv and the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne. Networks, resources and agencies: On the role of ‘enabling places’ in facilitating recovery from mental illness. Speaker: Cameron Duff, PhD Monash Fellow, Social Sciences and Health Research Unit The notion of ‘place’ is becoming increasingly important in international debates regarding the role of ‘community participation’ and/or ‘social inclusion’ in promoting recovery for people living with a mental illness. Drawing from research in diverse fields, this presentation introduces the notion of ‘enabling places’ in an attempt to clarify the links between community participation, social inclusion and recovery. In illustrating this model, I will present select findings derived from a series of studies recently completed in and around Melbourne. Featuring ethnographic, film and qualitative methods, these studies documented an array of local enabling places, ranging from neighbourhood parks and community services to less familiar sites such as cemeteries, street-scapes, cafes and hair-dressing salons. The therapeutic value of these places was found to derive from the distinctive informal resources available in each setting or place. Three categories of informal resources were identified: social, affective and material resources. It was found that individuals …
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