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Job Journal February 13, 2005 Rich Heintz |
Positive Outlook for Mental Health Careers Passage of Prop 63 in California offers hope of a hiring boom. |
Job Journal November 18, 2007 Julia Hollister |
Mental Health Staffing Shortages a Real Headache Trained professionals in the mental health field are in short supply. |
Job Journal September 24, 2006 Rich Heintz |
Health Careers Present a Bright Prognosis Quick, affordable training can buy you job security in these healthcare careers. |
Job Journal December 17, 2006 |
Career Snapshot: Psychiatric Technician Working with a team of mental health professionals, psych techs forge the primary link with patients. Job Prospects: Good. |
Nursing Management July 2011 Lisa Greenlund |
ED violence: Occupational hazard? Workplace violence is an occupational hazard for hospital staff providing psychiatric care in hospital EDs. |
Nursing May 2010 Sharon M. Valente |
Assessing patients for suicide risk This article will help you update your knowledge of suicide risk factors and prevention strategies, and provide guidelines for effective intervention. |
Job Journal April 13, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Occupational Therapist Occupational therapists help people regain the skills they need to live and work unassisted. |
Job Journal August 24, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Psychiatrist Psychiatrists tend to the mental well-being of society. |
Salon.com May 26, 2000 Dawn MacKeen |
Shrinks under scrutiny Should shrinks probe the violent fantasies of patients? They often don't. And that failure can be tragic. |
Reason October 2005 Maia Szalavitz |
In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
Job Journal December 11, 2005 Julia Hollister |
Hands-on Healthcare Providers The field of occupational therapy offers many rewarding job opportunities in a variety of venues. |
Salon.com May 25, 2000 J.B. Orenstein |
Who will care for the crazy? She was 18 and had been found hanging by a noose. But the moment I saw her insurer, I knew she was one of the lucky ones. |
Managed Care February 2002 Heidi A. Sauder & Sheri Wallace |
Push Is On for Improved Treatment of Women's Psychological Maladies Sure there are diagnostic and treatment challenges, but the money that can be saved for society might make this fertile ground for investment... |
Nursing Management March 2010 Becker & Schmidtke |
All along the watchtower: Suicide risk screening, a pilot study Patients will continue to die if healthcare organizations don't take action and appropriately assess patients at risk for suicide in general hospitals. |
AskMen.com January 28, 2003 William Glass |
Do You Need Therapy? There is no shame in visiting a therapist. The desire to seek help does not mean that you are crazy, nor that you have a major problem. It is just a way to help yourself get out of a rut. Think of it as a workout for the mind. |
Salon.com October 4, 2001 Lauren Sandler |
The trauma to come A city reels -- and braces for the psychic fallout of its monstrous ordeal... |
Job Journal November 6, 2005 |
Career Snapshot: Social Worker Social workers see strong demand from both public and private sectors. |
Job Journal February 3, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Physical Therapist As America ages, physical therapists will be more in demand than ever. |
Managed Care May 2002 Michael S. Victoroff |
Psychologist Prescribing: Not Such a Crazy Idea New Mexico has just granted medication-prescribing authority to certain certified Ph.D psychologists -- a development with broad potential implications for the field of mental health. It's a bold precedent |
American Family Physician October 1, 2006 Kavan et al. |
A Practical Guide to Crisis Management Physicians often are required to assist patients in crisis. An estimated 4% of visits to primary care physicians involve psychiatric or social crises. |
Nurse Practitioner March 2012 Vanya Hamrin et al. |
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric and Adolescent Depression The primary care setting is an appropriate venue for screening and identifying pediatric depression. Nurse practitioners can provide initial management or referral to psychiatric mental health professionals for evidence-based treatments. |
Reason September 2005 Satel & Sommers |
The Mental Health Crisis That Wasn't How the trauma industry exploited 9/11. |
Job Journal December 2, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Social Worker As California's population ages, the need for social workers is growing. |
American Journal of Nursing September 2011 Schmid et al. |
Care of the Suicidal Pediatric Patient in the ED: A Case Study At Childrens Hospital Boston, an algorithm-the Risk of Suicidality Clinical Practice Algorithm has been developed to ensure evidence-based care supported by best practice guidelines. |
Nursing Management May 2012 Joanne Lavin |
Surviving posttraumatic stress disorder Posttraumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that develops after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. |
ifeminists January 26, 2005 Tony Zizza |
NAMI Is Dead Wrong On Mental Health Screening It's time to relentlessly put President Bush's mental health screening monster and groups like NAMI in their place. Mandatory mental health screening is child abuse. |
Science News March 28, 2009 |
Science Past For March 28, 1959 Thoughts on patient resocialization in a mental hospital during the 1950s. |
Reason July 2000 Jacob Sullum |
Curing the Therapeutic State Thomas Szasz, author of "The Myth of Mental Illness," on the medicalization of American life. |
Salon.com May 30, 2001 Carina Chocano |
We think, therefore we diagnose America is in the grips of sudden syndrome proliferation syndrome... |
American Family Physician October 1, 2002 |
Mental Health: Keeping Your Emotional Health What is good emotional health?... What about anger?... What can I do to avoid problems?... Tips on dealing with your emotions... How does stress affect my emotions?... Can emotional problems be treated?... etc. |
Job Journal February 6, 2005 Rich Heintz |
Golden Years Approach for Boomers... and Healthcare An aging population ensures longevity for most healthcare careers, and employment potential in a wide range of healthcare fields should be virtually unlimited. Here is a sampling of some of the more popular choices. |
Reason May 2005 Jacob Sullum |
Thomas Szasz Takes on His Critics In Szasz Under Fire: The Psychiatric Abolitionist Faces His Critics, edited by Jeffrey A. Schaler, Szasz sticks to his guns and scores many points, but his responses are not always completely satisfying. |
Job Journal November 21, 2004 Rich Heintz |
Prognosis Positive The medical field is embarking on an astonishing hiring binge. |
Reason January 2003 Jacob Sullum |
Head Games What are the rules for defining mental illness? |
Nursing April 2008 Kathryn Murphy |
Shedding the burden of depression & anxiety Learn about types of depression and available treatments. |
Nurse Practitioner August 2011 Davis et al. |
Supportive approaches for Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease accounts for almost 80% of all dementia diagnoses. Currently, more than 5 million Americans suffer from this debilitating illness, with the highest prevalence in the oldest age groups. |
Nursing April 2012 Elliott et al. |
Managing alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients A focused nursing assessment is critical in identifying the potential for alcohol withdrawal symptoms in all hospitalized patients. This article discusses how to assess patients at risk and how to use these assessment findings as a basis for nursing interventions. |
American Family Physician November 1, 2003 Stovall & Domino |
Approaching the Suicidal Patient In an attempt to help the family physician prevent suicide, this article reviews known risk factors and offers a strategy for assessing and addressing these factors in individual patients. |
ifeminists July 26, 2006 Tony Zizza |
Are Affluent Teens The Latest Victims Of Mental Illness? Everything in America is viewed through the prism of alleged mental illness. Affluent teenagers are just today's advertising copy for the next psych drug and insurance billing code. |
Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Jennifer Ringler |
The Adherence Fight: A TKO? Why does the match against medicines compliance always seem to end in an easy knockout? |
AskMen.com |
China stops shock therapy for Internet addicts Linyi Mental Health Hospital in eastern Shandong province used the treatment as part of a four-month program that has so far treated nearly 3,000 youths. |
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2013 Al Topin |
The Doctor-Patient Disconnect Doctor-patient conversations aren't always what we think; this basic interaction represents both a problem and an opportunity for today's drug marketers, says the author. |
ifeminists February 18, 2004 Tony Zizza |
Grief Counselors Or S.1390: What Really Helps Kids? An opinion about grief counselors in schools. Are they needed, or would kids be better off without them? |
Job Journal August 17, 2003 Julia Hollister |
High-Paying Healthcare Jobs are a Quick Study A wide variety of well-paying healthcare jobs are only two years away. |
Nursing August 2010 Bartley & Shiflett |
Handle older trauma patients with care Your comprehensive understanding of how age-related changes can affect outcomes during and after trauma will help your patients recover to the fullest extent possible. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Rick Kahler |
What is Financial Therapy, Really? It is a well known fact that therapists and psychologists have historically avoided dealing with money in therapy. By the same token, financial planners have avoided dealing with their clients' emotions during planning sessions. |
Psychology Today Mar/Apr 2009 Kathleen McGowan |
Good Morning, Heartache Depression is a daily reality against which millions struggle. Many have found a variety of strategies to help them not just survive, but thrive. |
ifeminists August 11, 2004 Tony Zizza |
The New Child Abuse: Mandatory Mental Health Screenings Politicians and pharmaceutical companies must believe there is something noble in the entire U.S. population being labeled with a mental disorder, and subsequently drugged. |
Nursing May 2012 Tim Blake |
Three Medication Pathways for Bipolar Disorder No matter where you work, you're likely to care for patients with bipolar disorder, which affects about 2.6% of people age 18 and older per year. |
Pharmaceutical Executive November 1, 2012 Lauri Mitchell |
Who Pays for Specialty Medicines? Providers and patients fish for that delicate balance between access and abandonment. |