Category Archives: Mental Disorders

American Psychiatric Nurses Association Celebrates National Nurses Week and Mental Health Month with Free Continuing Nursing Education on Mindfulness

June 18, 2012     No comments


Arlington, VA (PRWEB) May 04, 2012

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) is proud to celebrate the diverse contributions of nurses during National Nurses Week and to raise awareness of the importance of mental health care during Mental Health Month. In particular, APNA is proud to recognize psychiatric-mental health nurses for their dedication to promoting mental health and recovery, fighting stigma, and improving the lives of those with mental illness and substance use disorders. Psychiatric mental-health nurses play an essential role in the delivery of health care that facilitates overall wellness. In honor of both of these events, the podcast ?Mindfulness and Reflection: A Resource for PMH Practice? will be available for free in the APNA eLearning Center, May 7th ? 14th, to both APNA members and nonmembers.

This online continuing nursing education program emphasizes the benefits of self-care for nurses, promoting personal wellness through the integration of mindfulness and reflection into nursing practice. In this 30-minute session, for which nurses can earn up to .5 contact hours, psychiatric-mental health nurse and clinical nursing professor Barbara Jones Warren, PhD, APRN, BC offers practical tips and techniques to help nurses maintain their personal mental health and wellness. Nurses can access this session for free through May 14th in the APNA eLearning Center at: http://elearning.apna.org/session.php?id=7981. APNA members will have access to this session at no cost throughout Mental Health Month until June 1st.

?It is important for all nurses to remember to care for themselves – too often we focus on the people we serve and forget about our own wellness,? says APNA President Marlene Nadler-Moodie, MSN, APRN, PMHCNS-BC. ?Using mindfulness and reflection on a daily basis promotes mental health and can only enhance a nurse?s ability to deliver quality and effective care.?

Every year, National Nurses Week focuses attention on the diverse ways America’s 3.1 million registered nurses (RNs) work to save lives and to improve the health of millions of individuals. Mental Health Month is celebrated each May to raise awareness of mental health conditions and promote mental wellness.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is a national professional membership organization committed to the specialty practice of psychiatric-mental health nursing and wellness promotion, prevention of mental health problems and the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disorders. APNA?s membership is inclusive of all psychiatric mental health registered nurses including associate degree, baccalaureate, advanced practice (comprised of clinical nurse specialists and psychiatric nurse practitioners), and nurse scientists and academicians (PhD). APNA serves as a resource for psychiatric mental health nurses to engage in networking, education, and the dissemination of research.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center?s Commission on Accreditation.







Read More

New Video about Unawareness of Mental Illness Released to Mark Mental Health Awareness Month

June 18, 2012     No comments


Arlington, VA (PRWEB) May 04, 2012

A new four-minute video featuring dramatic footage from an interview with a mentally ill man who killed two U.S. Capitol police officers while trying to protect the nation from cannibals has been released by the Treatment Advocacy Center to mark the annual observance of Mental Health Awareness Month.

?Unawareness of one?s own mental illness ? clinically known as ?anosognosia? ? is the leading reason that people with brain diseases such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder don?t take the medications that could stabilize them,? said Doris A. Fuller, executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center.

?Until policy makers and the public recognize that affected individuals are medically unable to seek care voluntarily, these people will continue to suffer, and society will continue to pay for the homelessness, arrests, incarcerations, hospitalizations, victimization and violent acts that result from non-treatment?

E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., executive director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute and narrator of the video entitled ?Anosognosia,? reports that approximately 50% of those with schizophrenia and 40% of those with bipolar experience anosognosia, a syndrome that is widely acknowledged in connection with other medical conditions.

?We recognize it for Alzheimers disease, but we seem to have trouble recognizing that this is common for people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder,? Torrey explains in the video.

The video provides a rare glimpse of what active anosognosia looks like. In it, ?Capitol Hill shooter? [Russell Weston details his cannibalism and other delusional thinking but insists he is not mentally ill. Weston was never tried for the 1998 killings and remains hospitalized for paranoid schizophrenia.

The Treatment Advocacy Center is the only national nonprofit focused exclusively on eliminating legal and other barriers to treatment for people with the most severe mental illnesses. Among those barriers are laws and policies that pose obstacles to court-ordered treatment as a means of stabilizing individuals too ill to seek treatment before tragedies occur.







More Mental Disorders Press Releases

Read More

Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. Collaborates with the White House to Change Image of Girls in Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics in the Media

June 17, 2012     No comments


Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 04, 2012

Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) is excited to announce that a recent White House event, which featured a panel of trailblazing women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields, is now available for viewing online. At the April 24 event, sponsored by the White House Council on Women and Girls, young women who have studied and worked in STEM fields encouraged girls to follow in their footsteps ? or blaze trails of their own. The event also featured the first public screening of ?Girls in STEM,? a short video about girls who participated in the 2012 White House Science Fair.

Women and girls continue to be significantly underrepresented in the STEM fields ? a trend that starts early and comes at a serious cost to both the career prospects of our young women and the success of our economy. By ensuring women and girls receive the exposure, encouragement and support they need to enter and succeed in STEM fields, this country can benefit from the full range and diversity of its talent.

As announced in conjunction with the event, Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. (EIC) has organized a collaboration to support the promotion of girls and women to enter education and career paths within the fields of science, engineering and technology. Collaborators include: EIC, the esteemed organization providing creative resources to entertainment writers about key issues affecting society, which also produces the unique Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Awards that recognize entertainment program stories that further public understanding of these fields; International 3D Society, founded to advance the art and technologies of stereoscopic 3D content and its professional innovators; Women In Film, dedicated to helping women achieve their highest potential within the global entertainment, communications and media industries and to preserving the legacy of women within those industries; and the Visual Effects Society, with a mission to educate and develop public awareness and understanding to support and encourage technological advancements in the field of visual effects. The reach of these organizations within the entertainment industry workforce from writers, producers, directors, to 3D engineers, and visual effects model makers, and technologists including entertainment from film, television, music videos and game industries creates an opportunity for aspiring girls and women to discover future employment opportunities within the evolving technologically advanced aspects of the entertainment industry of the future. The collaboration will work together to host creative briefings for entertainment industry networks, studios and production companies that accentuate the role of women and technology, engineering and science.

“Together, through our shared vision for change, we will work to mobilize a broad swath of the entertainment workforce to inspire girls and women to pursue technical careers within and beyond the entertainment industry. In the coming months and years, we will work together to host creative briefings for entertainment industry networks, studios, and production companies to inform them about the role of women and technology, engineering, and science,” said Brian Dyak, President and CEO of EIC. “This work is made possible in part by Boeing?s renewed commitment to support EIC?s Ready on the S.E.T. and?Action! initiative and we looks forward to engaging other private partners to develop an innovative, creative, and diverse STEM workforce,” he continued.

The White House event, moderated by EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, included esteemed panelists Dr. Cady Coleman, NASA Astronaut, Colonel, U.S. Air Force, retired; Jocelyn Goldfein, Director of Engineering, Facebook; Dr. Jean Hernandez, President, Edmonds Community College; and Bianca Bailey, President, Howard University Chapter of Engineers Without Borders.

The event, which was broadcast live online from the White House and on Facebook, enabled anyone with Internet access to join the conversation. The conversation is ongoing right now with video recording of the entire event posted online (as well as a link to ?Girls in STEM?) for viewing any time http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/24/next-generation-girls-stem

About Entertainment Industries Council

EIC, a non-profit organization, was founded in 1983 by leaders of the entertainment industry to bring the power and influence of the industry to bear on communication about health and social issues. The organization is considered to be the chief pioneer of entertainment outreach and one of the premiere success stories in the field of entertainment education. EIC provides information resources for entertainment creators through innovative and time-proven services and methods of “encouraging the art of making a difference” from within the entertainment industry. EIC produces the simulcast national television special PRISM Awards Showcase which addresses accurate portrayals of prevention, treatment and recovery from drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and mental health concerns. The organization also produces the S.E.T Awards, honoring positive and non-stereotypical portrayals of science, engineering and technology.

EIC also addresses issues such as diabetes, ADHD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, foster care, women’s health, firearm safety and injury prevention, sun safety and skin cancer prevention, human trafficking, terrorism and homeland security, eating disorders and obesity, seat belt use and traffic safety, and HIV/AIDS prevention. The organization has also launched an initiative to increase the public profile and interest in science, engineering and technology. EIC?s web site is http://www.eiconline.org. The PRISM Awards web site is http://www.prismawards.com.







More Mental Disorders Press Releases

Read More

Clearwater Compliance Sponsors the Mental Health Cooperative Charity Golf Tournament

June 12, 2012     No comments


(PRWEB) May 08, 2012

Today, Clearwater Compliance announced their support of Nashville-based Mental Health Cooperative by becoming a Bronze Sponsor of the 13th Annual Charity Golf Tournament to be held on May 10, 2012 at Hermitage Golf Course.????In addition to its sponsorship, Clearwater is donating discount offers to all participating golfers in the amount of $ 50 off of the registration fee for any of Clearwater?s upcoming HIPAA Audit Prep BootCampsTM. The BootCamps are being held in Chicago, Nashville and Ft. Lauderdale.

The annual 4-person golf scramble event has become an important fundraiser for Mental Health Cooperative, benefiting MHC clients who need help with emergency housing, food, clothing and other necessities. This year?s event is bigger and better than ever with the use of the President?s Reserve at the Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory, Tennessee. The support will help MHC continue to make a difference in the lives of thousands of Middle Tennesseans with serious mental illness.

?Last year?s event was a great success with 144 players, 36 teams and 72 sponsors that enabled us to surpass our goal,? said Mark Wisniewski, MHC?s CIO and member of MHC?s Golf Fundraiser Committee. ?This year, we have set an even loftier goal and greatly appreciate the support from leading healthcare firms like Clearwater.?

?We value the work MHC does in this community to meet an underserved need, and are pleased to have the opportunity to support their efforts,? said Bob Chaput, founder of Clearwater Compliance.

About Mental Health Cooperative: http://www.mhc-tn.org

Mental Health Cooperative is a behavioral health agency exclusively serving adults with serious mental illness and children and adolescents with serious emotional disorders through illness management, rehabilitation, and recovery. MHC was founded in 1993 on the belief that persons with severe mental illness can live quality lives in community settings with ongoing support and treatment. Their heart of service focuses uniquely on those individuals with the greatest needs: those who are often overlooked and underserved. MHC states with confidence that, “There is Life After Diagnosis”.

MHC is committed to equipping clients with the support necessary to recover from the devastating effects of mental illness and lead successful and satisfying lives in the community. MHC serves more than 17,000 adults, children and youth annually throughout 24 counties in Middle Tennessee.

About Clearwater Compliance: http://clearwatercompliance.com

Clearwater Compliance helps Covered Entities, Business Associates and their Subcontractors assess their HIPAA-HITECH compliance programs, identify gaps and prioritize remediation efforts to ensure the greatest return on capital and resource investments. It delivers that return on compliance investment through education, tools and software, risk management solutions and professional services and consulting. Clearwater Compliance is the Co-Sponsor of the American National Standards Institute Publication of the Report on ?The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information: A Business Case for Enhanced PHI Security?. For more information, visit: http://ANSI.org/PHI.







Read More

Training for Alzheimer?s Disease or Other Dementias: Home Instead Senior Care Network?s Groundbreaking Training Program Focuses on Coping with Difficult Behaviors

June 11, 2012     No comments


Omaha, NE (PRWEB) May 09, 2012

This caregiver ? whose spouse has Alzheimer?s disease ? describes the frustration and confusion that grips families whose seniors are dealing with the symptoms of Alzheimer?s disease and other dementias.

The characteristics of these diseases are varied and change with time, but often leave families and their caregivers frightened and ill-equipped while they try to provide at-home care for their seniors.

A new groundbreaking training program now offers help for the many families who are dealing with challenging behaviors including refusal, delusions (or false beliefs), aggression, false accusations, wandering and agitation.

The Alzheimer?s Disease or Other Dementias CARE: Changing Aging Through Research and Education(SM) Training Program takes away some of the dread associated with these diseases. The no-cost program, which is available to families through their local Home Instead Senior Care? office, provides an innovative approach that helps families make the most of a senior?s life journey. The unique approach includes the history, passions and hobbies of the person with Alzheimer?s disease to help manage challenging behaviors associated with dementias.

?CARE is a wonderful hands-on approach that helps caregivers deal with the behavioral changes that too often accompany these disorders ? one of the biggest stressors for caregivers,? said Dr. Jane F. Potter, chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. ?There was previously no good program available using adult education techniques to provide hands-on practice in learning how best to help people who suffer from dementia. This is huge.?

Resources of the Alzheimer?s Disease or Other Dementias CARE Training Program can help family caregivers understand Alzheimer?s disease and the changes they can expect to see in their loved ones. With the increased knowledge of Alzheimer?s and how to deal with it, family caregivers will be better able to cope with the stress of their responsibilities.

Local Home Instead Senior Care offices can provide even more information about making the most of living with Alzheimer?s and other dementias, giving caregivers hope for a brighter future. Too often, a family caregiver can become overwhelmed ? physically and mentally ? with providing in-home care and can see a slide in his or her health.

This CARE Family Caregiver Training Program is the same curriculum that is being offered to professional Home Instead CAREGiversSM. While providing respite services to families, Home Instead CAREGivers are trained to maintain a safe environment, encourage engagement, provide nutritious meals, offer supervision of medications, make trips to pharmacies for prescription refills, create social interaction, deliver mind-stimulating activities, provide transportation for medical appointments and supervise and assist with activities of daily living.

The CARE Family Caregiver Training Program is being offered by local Home Instead Senior Care offices throughout the country or through a self-guided online e-learning course.

ABOUT HOME INSTEAD SENIOR CARE

Founded in 1994 in Omaha by Lori and Paul Hogan, the Home Instead Senior Care? network is the world’s largest provider of non-medical in-home care services for seniors, with more than 950 independently owned and operated franchises providing in excess of 45 million hours of care throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Switzerland, Germany, South Korea, Finland, Austria, Italy, Puerto Rico and the Netherlands. Local Home Instead Senior Care offices employ more than 65,000 CAREGivers(SM) worldwide who provide basic support services ? assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs), personal care, medication reminders, meal preparation, light housekeeping, errands, incidental transportation and shopping ? which enable seniors to live safely and comfortably in their own homes for as long as possible. In addition, CAREGivers are trained in the network?s groundbreaking Alzheimer?s Disease or Other Dementias CARE: Changing Aging Through Research and Education(SM) Program to work with seniors who suffer from these conditions. This world class curriculum also is available free to family caregivers online or through local Home Instead Senior Care offices. At Home Instead Senior Care, it?s relationship before task, while continuing to provide superior quality service that enhances the lives of seniors everywhere.

Additional information is available from Erin Albers, local PR and marketing director, and from Home Instead Senior Care?s online press kit.







Find More Mental Disorders Press Releases

Read More

Press Council of India Passes Order Against False & Malicious Reporting by Deccan Herald, The Times of India, The Daily News & Analysis, The New Indian Express & Mid-Day

June 10, 2012     No comments


Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) May 09, 2012

Hon?ble Justice Katju?s strong admonition came at the sitting of the Press Council in Chennai, India on 27th February this year, where representatives of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam had filed complaints against the English newspapers Deccan Herald, The Times of India, The New Indian Express, The Mid-Day and Daily News & Analysis (DNA) for their false, malicious and defamatory reports about Paramahamsa Nithyananda and the organization during 2010-2011 as per the court documents [File No. 14/527/10-11-PCI]

The hearing was personally presided over by the National Press Council Chairman Hon?ble Justice Markandey Katju. Admired in legal circles for his pathbreaking judgments, Hon?ble Justice Katju is a former Supreme Court judge, a prolific author and a strong upholder of the authentic Vedic tradition.

Upholding the complaint by Nithyananda?s representatives as justified, Hon?ble Justice Katju went so far as to ask the erring newspapers how any of them would like it if their own names were seen in reports carrying such serious charges, without their having been even consulted first! Without further ado, Hon?ble Justice Katju passed all 5 orders in favor of the complainants. Counsel for the complainants, Ms. Daisy, also placed the request that the same order hold good for any future deviations from the law by the same or other members of the press, according to the court documents.

Written orders for the same were received on 2nd May 2012.

An extract from the written order:

Journalistic ethics require that the newspapers obtain the version of the affected party and post publication afford right to reply to the affected. These complaints regarding publication of defamatory charges against Swami Nithyananda have been countered on the ground of being based on the chargesheets. That being so, the respondents, in view the reports base on the nature of tarnishing the reputation of the accused, ought to have confronted and sought his views. If after seeking his counter-version the newspapers proposed to proceed with the publication, his version should also be published simultaneously. In the present case, the allegations are extremely serious and the version of the Swami or his representative should have been taken into account and published in the newspapers.

About Nithyananda:

Paramahamsa Nithyananda is a global leader in yoga, meditation, kundalini awakening & enlightenment science. He was recently coronated as the successor and the 293rd pontiff of the world’s most ancient Hindu organization, Madurai Aadheenam. Revered as a living avatar (divine incarnation) by millions worldwide, Nithyananda is the most-watched spiritual teacher on YouTube.com with more than14 million views. He is also the author of more than 300 books published in 27 languages. Nithyananda was recently named among the world’s top 100 most spiritually influential personalities of 2012 by the reputed esoteric magazine ‘Mind Body Spirit’ from Watkins. Clear, dynamic and modern in approach, Nithyananda?s teachings have already transformed 15 million followers in 150 countries.

Through cutting edge research in Yogic sciences using modern neuro psychology, medicine and quantum physics, Paramahamsa Nithyananda has offered potent Kriyas for more than 108 mental & physical disorders such as hypertension, cancer, diabetes, etc.

For More Details:

Life Bliss Foundation

909-625-1400

http://www.nithyananda.org/nithya-kriyas







Related Mental Disorders Press Releases

Read More

Birmingham Maple Clinic Reports Teen Depression Gets a New Diagnosis

June 10, 2012     No comments

Troy, MI (PRWEB) May 09, 2012

Mental health experts in Michigan are excited about recent research from Northwestern University, which has developed the first blood test to diagnose depression in teens. According to Lori Edelson, Birmingham Maple Clinic therapist and spokesperson, the latest developments in diagnosing teen depression are an important step in treating the mental illness in young people. ?Having the ability to diagnose teens who are suffering from major depression early on gives young people a better outlook for their future mental health, as those who don?t receive treatment often run into significant mental health issues down the road.?

Northwestern’s findings are a positive step in the search for more effective treatment for depression in teens, a group that is typically harder to diagnose due to normal mood changes and what is viewed as ?typical? teen behavior. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and lead investigator of the study Eva Redei, PhD said, ?Right now depression is treated with a blunt instrument. It?s like treating Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes exactly the same way. We need to do better for these kids.?

Speaking to the social view of depression in today?s society, Redei said, ?Everybody, including parents, are wary of treatment, and there remains a social stigma around depression, which in the peer-pressured world of teenagers, is even more devastating.? Redei and her research team hope that by removing the stigma that is associated with depression, teens can be properly diagnosed and treated instead of allowing the illness to continue on into adulthood.

Birmingham Maple Clinic has been specializing in mental health services in Michigan for over 30 years, providing services for individuals, couples, families, groups and the community. The clinic provides treatment for a variety of psychological conditions, including child and adult ADHD, anxiety and panic disorders, chronic illness, depression, grief and loss, eating disorders, substance abuse, sexual addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder and marriage, family and relationship counseling. For more information, please visit http://www.birminghammaple.com.







Read More

New Name for OCD Chicago: Beyond OCD

June 07, 2012     No comments

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 10, 2012

OCD Chicago, the leading provider of consumer-friendly resources designed to help people cope with and ultimately conquer Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), today announced its new name: Beyond OCD.

The Chicago-based nonprofit is making the name change in response to its increasingly global reach and to better reflect its mission of helping children and adults get proper treatment, according to Board of Directors President Jeanne Ettelson.

?If OCD touches your life, we are there to help,? says Ettelson. ?The name Beyond OCD captures the hope, encouragement and education we offer to OCD sufferers and their families. Facing this disorder can be an enormous challenge, but with the appropriate treatment most people can get past their OCD to lead the full lives that they deserve.?

In recent years, Beyond OCD?s work to increase awareness about the disorder in the general public and among health care professionals has reached well beyond Chicago and the Midwest. Visitors to Beyond OCD?s web sites come from over 100 countries.

?Our two web sites, free series of educational guides and one-on-one phone assistance give people across the country and around the world the current, practical information they need to improve their lives,? says Ellen Sawyer, executive director. ?While our service area is no longer limited geographically, we will continue to provide referrals to local treatment professionals and support groups and to sponsor awareness events in and around Chicago.?

OCD: The Facts

OCD is a neurobiological anxiety disorder that causes people to endure unwanted, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and ritualistic behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) that they are driven to perform over and over. As the average age of diagnosis goes down, OCD is increasing viewed as a disorder that first strikes in childhood. While most people who have this disorder know their obsessions and compulsions are irrational and excessive, they cannot control them.

OCD is characterized by obsessions and compulsions that take up an excessive amount of time and cause significant distress.


????OCD strikes 2.3 percent of the U.S. population?that?s one in 40 adults and one in 100 children, or more than six million people. (1)
????OCD ranks among the top 20 leading causes of disability worldwide. (2)
????OCD extracts an economic impact estimated at more than $ 8.4 billion per year. (3)

While there is no cure for OCD, appropriate treatment can provide most OCD sufferers with significant relief from their symptoms and help them get ?Beyond OCD.? Experts believe that a combination of exposure and response prevention?a form of cognitive behavior therapy?sometimes accompanied by medication leads to the best results for most people.

Founded in 1994, Beyond OCD?s mission is to increase public and professional awareness about OCD, educate and support people with OCD and their families, and encourage research into new treatments and a cure. It is a volunteer-based, nonprofit organization. For more information, visit http://www.BeyondOCD.org and http://www.OCDeducationstation.org.

###

(1) National Comorbidity Survey Replication (Ruscio, et al)

(2) World Health Organization

(3) Dupont, R.L., Rice, D.P., Shitake, S., & Rowland, C.R. (1995) ? Economic costs of obsessive-compulsive disorder.







Related Mental Disorders Press Releases

Read More

Four Circles Recovery Center Directors to Lead Seminar at ?ADDICTION: Focus on Women? Conference

June 05, 2012     No comments


Horse Shoe, NC (PRWEB) May 09, 2012

Experts from Four Circles Recovery Center, an innovative addictions, substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders treatment program for young adults ages 18 to 28, are set to lead a three-day seminar at the 26th Annual ADDICTION: Focus on Women (AFOW) Conference. The AFOW conference runs from May 15-18, 2012 at the Kanuga Conference Center in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Four Circles? Clinical Director Heather Schnoebelen, MS, LPC, LCAS, and Program Director Dr. Melanie Weis, PhD, LPC, LCAS-P, NCC, will be presenting ?Out of the Chair and Into the Wild: An Experiential Approach to Systems and Addictions Work? at the conference.

The theme of the 2012 AFOW Conference is ?SHE: Self-determination. Help. Empowerment.? The conference is designed for professionals who work with women and families in the fields of substance abuse, mental health, criminal justice, human services, healthcare and related professions.

?I love this work because it allows me to combine my love for the magic and beauty of the natural world with my passion for the magic and beauty of the human spirit,? said Schnoebelen. ?I have devoted myself to this work because I am honored enough to work with and witness people aspiring to grow and change and I cannot imagine a more perfect job.?

As the title of Four Circles seminar indicates, ?Out of the Chair? attendees won?t be passive recipients of information about concrete methods for working with families and groups who are struggling with addiction-related issues. Instead, they will have the opportunity to experience the healing power of nature and adventure-based counseling for themselves by completing some of the therapeutic outdoor activities that have proved so beneficial to patients and families at Four Circles.

?Through these activities, families learn new ways of interacting with each other,? said Dr. Weis. ?With these workshops, it?s all about asking families to get out of their comfort zone. We engage in activities that encourage them to be uncomfortable in order to address the problems that they?ve been dealing with.?

According to Four Circles Executive Director Jack Kline, MS, LPC, LCAS, CCS, Schnoebelen and Dr. Weis are particularly well-suited to teach other professionals about wilderness-based treatment for women.

?We have the nation?s premier young adult drug and alcohol treatment program, and we have the only program in the nation that provides wilderness therapy to young women who are struggling with substance abuse,? said Kline. ?Heather and Melanie?s leadership ensures that Four Circles is a clinically sophisticated and emotionally safe environment where women can deal with the issues that are specific to their unique situations.?

Schnoebelen holds a master?s degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Wilderness Therapy from Naropa University, and has been working with adolescents and families in the wilderness for more than 10 years. Her focus has been on addictions, depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, gender identity issues, oppositional behavior, and conduct disorder with adolescents and young adults.

Dr. Weis, who joined the Four Circles team two years ago, has a wealth of professional experience working with children, adolescents and adults on issues of grief and loss, domestic violence, addictions, anxiety, low self-esteem, trauma, and depression. Prior to becoming a part of the Four Circles family, she was in private practice counseling adults and couples.

Four Circles Recovery Center is an innovative addictions, substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders treatment program for young adults ages 18 to 28 that combines a traditional counseling setting with a series of wilderness expeditions. Four Circles employs the most effective, cutting-edge clinical modalities with an underlying traditional 12-Step philosophy to create the foundation for sustained recovery.

Four Circles Recovery Center is a program of Aspen Education Group, the nation?s leading provider of therapeutic education programs for struggling or underachieving young people. Aspen?s services range from short-term intervention programs to residential treatment, and include a variety of therapeutic settings such as boarding schools, outdoor behavioral health programs and special needs summer camps, allowing professionals and families the opportunity to choose the best setting to meet a student?s unique academic and emotional needs. Aspen Education Group is a member of CRC Health Group, the most comprehensive network of specialized behavioral care services in the nation. Since 1995, CRC Health has been achieving successful outcomes for individuals and families.







More Mental Disorders Press Releases

Read More

Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is May 12: Allsup and Pain Connection Work to Make Fibromyalgia Visible

June 04, 2012     No comments


Belleville, IL (PRWEB) May 08, 2012

Fibromyalgia is a common cause of work-related disability, and the chronic pain that characterizes the disorder can take an emotional and psychological toll. May 12 is Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, and Allsup, a nationwide provider of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) representation and Medicare plan selection services, is offering a Fibromyalgia Day Awareness poster download to help make fibromyalgia visible.

?We work with individuals with fibromyalgia every day,? said Mike Stein, Allsup?s assistant vice president of claims. ?We appreciate the challenges they face in getting an accurate diagnosis and communicating how fibromyalgia affects their daily lives. You can?t see pain, so it?s challenging for individuals who have a healthy appearance to convey how profound their symptoms can be.?

Gwenn Herman understands those challenges well. Following a motor vehicle accident that resulted in chronic pain, the licensed clinical social worker and diplomate in clinical social work started a support group in 1999 that formed the genesis of the national nonprofit organization, Pain Connection.

?We are constantly judged because we look normal,? said Herman, Pain Connection?s founder and executive director. ?No one really understands unless they have it. Fibromyalgia Awareness Day really calls attention to it, and hopefully, with more education and awareness, people will start looking for resources, and then they find us [Pain Connection].?

Pain Connection?s mission is to help people with chronic pain improve their quality of life and take a more active role in their health.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), working adults with fibromyalgia average almost 17 days of missed work per year compared to six days for persons without fibromyalgia. Working age women with fibromyalgia hospitalized for occupational musculoskeletal disorders were almost 10 times less likely to return to work and four times less likely to retain work one year after hospitalization. For many, return to full-time work is impossible due to the severity of symptoms such as:


????widespread pain,
????problems sleeping,
????fatigue,
????morning stiffness,
????tingling or numbness in hands and feet,
????headaches, including migraines,
????irritable bowel syndrome,
????problems with thinking and memory (sometimes called “fibro fog”),
????depression and psychological distress.

?Whether it is fibromyalgia or another condition that causes chronic pain, we all go through the same process,? Herman said. ?There is grief, loss, changes to your family, career, your whole life. We try to help people ?normalize? and live in the present. That is one of the hardest things to do.?

Filing for SSDI is often an important step toward that goal, as benefits include regular monthly income (based on the FICA taxes the individual paid into the system) and Medicare eligibility. Health insurance is essential for individuals who have pre-existing conditions and lose their employer-sponsored coverage when they can no longer work.

For more information on Pain Connection?s programs, services and support groups, log on to http://www.painconnection.org.

For a free SSDI evaluation, go to Fibro.Allsup.com. You can download the Fibromyalgia Awareness Day poster at AllsupCares.com.

ABOUT PAIN CONNECTION

Pain Connection is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit human service agency that serves people in chronic pain and their families. It provides monthly support groups, speakers series, supervision and training of professionals, information and referrals, one-on-one peer support, group therapy through pain management clinics and community outreach and education. It is based in Rockville, Md. For more information, go to painconnection.org.

ABOUT ALLSUP

Allsup is a nationwide provider of Social Security disability, Medicare and Medicare Secondary Payer compliance services for individuals, employers and insurance carriers. Founded in 1984, Allsup employs more than 800 professionals who deliver specialized services supporting people with disabilities and seniors so they may lead lives that are as financially secure and as healthy as possible. The company is based in Belleville, Ill., near St. Louis. For more information, go to http://www.Allsup.com or visit Allsup on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Allsupinc.

Contact

Tai Venuti

Allsup

(800) 854-1418, ext. 68573

t(dot)venuti(at)allsupinc(dot)com????

Gwenn Herman

Pain Connection

(301) 231-0008

info(at)painconnection(dot)org







Read More
« Older posts
Powered by WordPress | Designed by: best suv | Thanks to toyota suv, infiniti suv and lexus suv