mental health

No Simple Mental Health System Answers

...  simple mental health system answers DBHDS and our partners are making improvements in many key areas, including increasing prevention programs such as Mental Health First Aid and suicide prevention, expanding child psychiatry and outpatient treatment programs, diverting individuals from …… Continue reading

Substance Abuse Effects Everyone

  Substance Abuse effects Everyone – This was a pastoral care video about Substance abuse. We wanted to express how substance abuse effects everyone. A special thanks to my classmates. The goril…   Here's the Real Story Behind That 'Marijuana-Changes-Your-Brain'… Continue reading

Addressing Teen Drug Use

...  teen drug use “The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS) makes available statistics of services provided across the state,” he said. “A review of that information led me to search out how many adolescents received… Continue reading

Plan Would Change Payments for Mental Health Care

...  would change payments for mental health care (AP) — The Florida Legislature is considering a plan that would change the way the state pays to treat people who need emergency mental health care, a move critics say would gut… Continue reading

Doctors, Medical Staff on Drugs Put Patients at Risk

...  put patients at risk A USA TODAY review shows more than 100,000 doctors, nurses, medical technicians and health care aides are abusing or dependent on prescription drugs in a given year, putting patients at risk. 1397317571000-XXX-Addicted-Care-Givers-05. 4/8/14 3:05:44 PM… Continue reading

Would a Judge Go Easy on Me of I Used Stress as a Defense for Drug Use ?

Question by sparky slade: Would a Judge go easy on me of I used stress as a defense for drug use ? for example of you had loads of exams and were stressed and used coke to relax and helped… Continue reading