Sentences with phrase «mental health authority»

STATE MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY OR AGENCY State government agency charged with administering and funding its State's public mental health services.

And Broward mental health authorities were worried that his chronic depression was worsening.

Records show that Broward mental health authorities were worried that his chronic depression was worsening.

Managed care definition: A system requiring that a single individual in the provider organization is responsible for arranging and approving all devices needed under the contract embraced by employers, mental health authorities, and insurance companies to ensure that individuals receive appropriate, reasonable health care services.

Not exact matches

And if they've got a criminal record, a history of violence, or are struggling with mental health or addiction, local authorities won't issue one.

Officials want more authority to fight gaps between benefits for medical care and mental health care.

Lynda Cruz struggled to control his behavior at least from the time he was an adolescent, despite periodic interventions by mental health counselors and law enforcement authorities, records show.

Cruz was treated for depression and attention deficit disorder, and his mother found it increasingly difficult to control his behavior from the time he was an adolescent, despite periodic interventions by mental health counselors and law enforcement authorities, records show.

At one point, he even suggested that authorities should be able to «Take the guns first, follow due process second,» when disarming people considered to be a threat, such as those with mental health issues.

The B.C. Liberal government should act now — in partnership with the City of Surrey, the RCMP, and the Fraser Health Authority — to create an action plan to support mental health in SHealth Authority — to create an action plan to support mental health in Shealth in Surrey.

VANCOUVER — A new threat of cuts to vital mental health services at Vancouver Coastal Health despite the growing need for resources shows the unreasonable pressures health authorities have been under due to the unsustainable Liberal budget, say B.C.'s health services at Vancouver Coastal Health despite the growing need for resources shows the unreasonable pressures health authorities have been under due to the unsustainable Liberal budget, say B.C.'s Health despite the growing need for resources shows the unreasonable pressures health authorities have been under due to the unsustainable Liberal budget, say B.C.'s health authorities have been under due to the unsustainable Liberal budget, say B.C.'s New...

I've always been under the impression that the «conservative» view of abortion is that it should NOT be allowed EXCEPT in cases of rape, incest, or when competent medical authorities determine that the health and safety of the mother and / or child is at serious risk (but not justifying the abortion of a child simply for having a mental or physical disability).

Since mental health planning authorities foresee every geographic area in the country being served by a comprehensive center, the opportunities for collaborative endeavor now exist.

Orwell thinks that from Shakespeare's writings it would be difficult to know that he had any religion» whereas in fact the placing of truth in the mouths of babes is one aspect of the Christian respect for all human life; that same profound feeling is what inspires us to protest loudly when health authorities take a mental defective off dialysis machine because they consider his «quality of life» too low, in defiance of Christ's words in the Sermon on the Mount.

(ENTIRE BOOK) Thirty - three authorities, representing both the clergy and professionals active in mental health programs, respond to the challenge to church and temple made by the community mental health revolution.

Some local authorities responded to the request saying they were able to build a picture of who may be affected by collating information on risk factors such as parental mental health, parent learning disability, substance misuse and domestic violence.

Since authorities say the gunman was a white dude named Jared Lee Loughner, he was just a kooky loner whose mental health must have been the triggering factor.

Helping re-shape a postnatal assessment tool to measure the mental health and wellbeing of fathers and their families in a local authority area

APT offers the designation of RPT and RPT - S credentials to individuals who have provided APT with documentation that they have: (a) a traditional mental health graduate or higher degree; (b) been licensed by one or more applicable licensing authorities and / or certified by the primary certification authorities; (c) completed a minimum number of Play Therapy training and supervision clock hours; and (d) completed the requisite continuing education hours.

These needs may be linked (but are not limited) to drug or alcohol dependencies; severe mental health problems; experiences of domestic violence, institutional experiences, particularly local authority care and prison); involvement in sex work; and participation in «street culture» activities, such as begging, street drinking, and street - level drug dealing or migrant status.

Authorities removed Cruz's younger brother from the home of Rocxanne Deschamps, a longtime family friend of the Cruz brothers who took them in after their adoptive mother died of pneumonia in November, and committed him to a mental health facility.

According to the Deputy Director of Community Care at the Authority, Mrs. Priscilla Tawiah Elikplim, regular funding of mental health and recruitment of clinical psychologists and counselors is critical to ensuring...

That authority particularly matters for people living with AIDS, epilepsy, and certain mental health conditions who take expensive medications.

Authorities say Cruz, 19, was a former student at Stoneman Douglas who had been expelled, had mental health issues and had been reported to law enforcement before he used a legally purchased semiautomatic rifle to take the lives of 17 people on Wednesday.

The law would also require rifles and shotguns to be surrendered to authorities after a mental health disqualification by a health professional.

Running an eye down the list of local authority staff with powers of entry, we find three licensing officials in Barnet; 19 staff empowered to deal with noise and pollution in Islington; 22 trading standards bods in Buckinghamshire; one accredited financial investigator in Norfolk; a contaminated land officer in Blackpool; 31 mental health professionals in Cornwall; and about 19,000 others lurking elsewhere.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli audited six state agencies and authorities, including the MTA and the departments of prisons and mental health, as well as the state's unified court system.

He's also worried about provisions in the new law that require mental health professionals to report patients to the authorities if they think the person might be a danger to themselves or others.

Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman - Manu has rejected claims by the Mental Health Authority that the government has neglected mental healthcare in...

Hartzog touted the city's «targeted, prudent investments» in the new budget, including the expansion of pre-kindergarten for more three - year - olds in the city, efforts to increase the city's affordable housing stock, funding to protect tenants from construction harassment, increased capital funding for the New York City Housing Authority, spending on mental health services and the full rollout of the NYPD's body camera program, among others.

State Police in Albany who monitor the act's mental health provision, under which medical professionals are supposed to alert authorities if a patient could be harmful to himself or others, sent a notification to the Erie County clerk's office to pull the pistol permit of a 35 - year - old librarian named Lewis and take away his seven guns.

Speakers denounced the Safe Act, which bans assault weapons and requires mental health professionals to report clients they believe may be potentially violent to authorities so the clients» gun licenses can be revoked.

«Despite the likely massive immediate and long - term mental health implications of the current conflict in Yemen, the issue has largely been neglected by both domestic authorities and the international community,» said Professor Sarah Knuckey, the director of the Human Rights Clinic.

Many abuse and rape events remain unreported to authorities or undisclosed to friends, family, and mental health professionals.

In addition to its mental health consequences, the exceedingly long civil war in Guatemala resulted in displacement of 1 million people from their homes and workplaces, over 200,000 civilian deaths, destruction of hundreds of villages, crops and fields, the elimination of local leaders and authorities and, in the worst cases, torture, rape, and collective extermination of entire families and communities.

While I don't expect you to drop everything and devote your life to climbing the world's tallest peaks, I can say, with some authority, that building outdoor activities into your daily routine will do wonders for your overall physical and mental health.

As an authority on mental and emotional health, Kimberly ushers singles and couples into more fruitful and satisfying relationships.

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A man who escaped from a Southern California mental health facility where he was detained after stalking actress Mila Kunis has been recaptured by US authorities.

A man who escaped from a mental health facility where he was sentenced for stalking actress Mila Kunis has been recaptured by Los Angeles authorities.

We all share a responsibility to ensure that children are able to play and exercise enough to safeguard their physical and mental health — parents, schools, communities, local authorities and government all have a role to play.

He said: «We know that early intervention is crucial but many local authorities have repeatedly had their budgets slashed on things like social workers, support programmes for parents, educational psychologists and targeted mental health services in schools.

Local authorities can now only afford to send education psychologists to work within special educational needs schools, and not mental health issues in mainstream schools, she added.

The «overwhelming» majority of heads (93 per cent) said this was simply because there were more children with mental health issues — but 77 per cent reported that a lack of support from local authorities or mental health services was another factor.

Experts have warned that headteachers are sometimes excluding pupils to flag the severity of their mental health issues to their local authority, because pupils are otherwise not getting the support they need.

Saginaw, Houghton Lake and Detroit's Education Achievement Authority are getting this aid specifically because they're struggling with student mental health or safety issues, according to state and local data.

«There are also serious concerns that removing local authorities from the planning of education across an area could further disadvantage children who are already vulnerable because they have special educational needs, mental health problems or are at risk of missing education,» it said.

The Supreme Court, in dismissing the appellant's appeal against a finding that the local authority's housing duty to her had been discharged, held that the reviewing officer had been entitled to find that there was no medical evidence that a property of its type would have the consequence that the appellant's mental health would be so affected by it as to make it reasonable for her to refuse to accept it in all the circumstances of the case.