Psychiatric Hospitals

Bringing them in from the cold

Optimistic ... American pioneer Rosanne Haggerty is in Australia to share common ground. Haggerty, the founder and president of the New York organisation Common Ground, is at the centre of a radically different strategy to home...

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Mental health cases tax police, emergency workers (AP)

By LISA RATHKE, Associated Press Writer Lisa Rathke, Associated Press Writer – 9 mins ago BURLINGTON, Vt. – Police found him sitting on the floor of his old apartment near a bucket of urine, still dressed in his hospital gown....

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We need more compassion for mental illness

held its annual awards luncheon. I was one of the six, along with Broward Judge Giselle Pollack, Shari Thomas, David Meehan, David Zimelman and Grace Brooks. Brooks, whose husband has schizophrenia, founded the New Direction...

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Let There Be Light in Depression, Bipolar Illness [Clinical & Research News]

Researchers in the United States and Canada are investigating whether the type of light therapy used to treat seasonal affective disorder could be effective in treating major depression and bipolar disorder. Level 1 evidence...

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No new patients being admitted to Central State Hospital

Nov 20, 2009 (The Macon Telegraph - Central State Hospital in Milledgeville -- led the hospital to stop taking new patients indefinitely. The hospital will remain open, but new mentally ill and physically disabled patients are...

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Vegan diet a healthy diet

TO THE EDITORS:A recent letter repeated a common fallacy regarding a vegan diet and protein deficiency. According to the American Heart Association (AHA),"You don't need to eat foods from animals to have enough protein in your...

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Pain at a loss, despair at inaction

Kate Benson reports. It was mid-afternoon when Justin Berkhout's parents slipped out of the busy, overcrowded emergency department at the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital to have a meal. But almost 2½ years after Justin's death,the...

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Opinion: This Would Be The Best Mental Hospital Ever If Elliott Gould Weren't Hiding In The...

I've been a patient at the Sunhaven Mental Health Center for about six months now, and I honestly can't say enough about what a fantastic institution it is. Whether it's the beautiful grounds, the progressive methods for...

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The Father of Pathological Theater Will Stage An Unusual 'Romeo and Juliet'

Radical revisioning of 'Romeo and Juliet' by Italy's Dario D'Ambrosi, the founder of Pathological Theater, will take stage at La MaMa December 3 to 13. It will make the full theatrical experience momentary.

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Panel OKs $362 million in budget cuts

O'Malley's plan includes laying off nearly 70, closing psychiatric hospital A Maryland spending panel decided Wednesday to lay off nearly 70 workers, reclaim cash heading for an emergency reserve fund and move forward with the...

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