Kinship care
I see a few families in my private practice where grandparents and aunts and uncles are involved in kinship care. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - April 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Psychotherapy Stories podcast - Two adulthoods
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - April 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Kinship care
I see a few families in my private practice where grandparents and aunts and uncles are involved in kinship care. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - April 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Psychotherapy Stories podcast - Two adulthoods
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - April 29, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Psychotherapy stories podcast, episode 11, the two adulthoods
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - April 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Psychotherapy Stories, Episode 10 - What is Narrative Therapy?
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - April 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Psychotherapy stories - No marriage or kids til 40.
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - April 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Episode #5, Psychotherapy Stories, "Take The Client Where They're At."
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 24, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Psychotherapy Stories, Episode #4, Differentiation and The Psychological Legacy
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Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 22, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Psychotherapy Stories podcast, Episode #1, Overview
Psychotherapy Stories podcast. Episode #1 - Overview of the podcast with description of purpose, mission, vision, goals, activities, resources, and evaluation. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - March 18, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Substance abuse prevention programs work
This is an interesting video of how Iceland engaged in substance abuse prevention with its teenagers. The same type of programs have been developed and implemented in the United States.The Genesee Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse (GCASA) developed and implemented a Drug Free Communities Coalition in the 2000s. It won the national CADCA award in 2006 for having the best Drug Free Communities Coalition in the United States.The Drug Free Communities coalition was led at GCASA by Maryann Bowman, Shannon Ford, and Tom Talbot. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 9, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
People with psychiatric illness more stigmatized by the health care system than by the public at large
Sisti says the stigma around mental health is "systematized" in our health care system, more so than in the public view.Health care providers are "rather leery about these individuals because these people are, often at least according to the stereotype, high-cost patients who maybe are difficult to treat or noncompliant," he says. "I think the stigma that we should be really focused on and worried about actually emerges out of our health care system more than from the public."For moreclick here. (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health)
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 8, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
People with serious psychiatric problems now cared for in the criminal justice system
From NPR 11/30/17"Many times individuals who really do require intensive psychiatric care find themselves homeless or more and more in prison," Sisti says. "Much of our mental health care now for individuals with serious mental illness has been shifted to correctional facilities."The percentage of people with serious mental illness in prisons rose from .7 percent in 1880 to 21 percent in 2005, according to the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights.Many of the private mental health hospitals still in operation do not accept insurance and can cost upwards of $30,000 per month, Sisti says. For many low-in...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 7, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
Lack of psychiatric beds not the problem. Lack of funds for outpatient services is.
NPR has an interesting story about how the loss of psychiatric beds due to the era of deinstituionalization has led to a "mental health crisis" in the U.S. with people with psychiatric problems winding up in emergency rooms and prisons and jails.The problem is not the lack of psychiatric hospital beds but the lack of outpatient services which has occurred because of a lack of funding. Health insurance payment systems for psychiatric disorders have led to difficulty accessing services with fewer providers available and people with problems winding up by default in other social systems whether it is criminal justice, social ...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 6, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
How can you manage seasonal affective disorder (SAD)?
12/21 is the Winter solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere it is the shortest day of the year. Some people are affected more than others with the fewer hours of day light and they experience a mild depression. How can you best manage it?Click hereEditor's note: When my clients complain to me about what sounds like seasonal affective disorder we explore what outdoor activities they might enjoy in the winter time like skiing, ice skating, snow shoeing, hiking, snow mobiling etc. Exposure to day light even when the days are short is the best remedy.Sitting in a window during the daylight especially a window with a southern expo...
Source: Markham's Behavioral Health - December 5, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: David G. Markham Source Type: blogs
