Sentences with phrase «facts about your illness»

Basic facts about illness and what contributes to changes in condition.

Not exact matches

Even Griffen noted that no matter what the state chooses to do, the fact that Arkansans will now have to wait even longer for access to medical marijuana «should be unpleasant to anyone concerned about providing relief to people who suffer from serious illnesses.»

The patient community has expressed grave concerns about the proliferation of short - term plans - in fact, 113 groups, including AARP, American Heart Association, March of Dimes, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness, recently sent a letter expressing these concerns to Congressional leaders.

equally important is the fact that in addition to family physicians, the clergymen of the community,... and the other guardians of mental health can consult with the center's professional staff to aid in serving individual patients about whom they share concern, as well as to add to their own knowledge of mental health and mental illness through formal and informal classes and meetings presented by the center's staff.

It should communicate an understanding of the nature of mental illness that will help to erase the inaccurate stereotypes about it (that is, it should include facts showing that the proportion of mentally ill persons who are wild and destructive is about the same as the proportion of planes that crash as compared with the total number of planes that fly.)

(«Facts About Mental Illness» (The National Association for Mental Health, 1962).

Bob doesn't want the real facts and studies about gays to be posted because he has no proof to prove the studies about gays have proven that being gay is NOT a mental illness, it's NOT a choice and it CA N'T be voluntarily changed.

A primary goal in exposing her to the facts about alcoholism is to help her accept the fact that her husband is suffering from a compulsive - addictive illness of which she is not the basic cause.

First of all, the fact that you searched yourself for solutions to your illness and got better through changing your diet, and not through pills shows that we still have a lot to learn about our bodies and how what we put in our bodies affect how we feel physically AND mentally.

I know your illness is completely different and in fact the recovery process is in some ways quite opposite to mine, but so much is also very similar — your advice about focusing on progress rather than regression, on noticing the difference between a «bad day» now to a «bad day» in the beginning — I found so very powerful.

We hope to leave readers with a user - friendly kit for sorting fact from fiction about mental health and illness.

In fact, the pathologist is cautious about calling the Colombian's illness «cancer» because those cells were different from normal human cancer cells, even though they behaved similarly.

The misconception about catching a cold from going jacketless may stem from the fact that colds do tend to circulate during chilly seasons, in part because people spend more time indoors and in close quarters (making it easier for illnesses to spread) than they do during warmer months.

Fast Facts about Mental Illness.

However, in the second half of the film, Amiel and the stately screenplay (by John Collee, «Master and Commander») turn their attention to the saga of Annie, and how her catastrophic illness shattered Charles, his marriage (Charles and Emma were first cousins, a fact that kept the scientist forever paranoid about the health of his children), and the very questions posed in the book.

Once you get past the fact that it isn't a biopic about its writer Jon Ronson's time playing keyboards for the late musician and comedian Frank Sidebottom (an easy mistake to make, given Gleeson's character is called Jon and plays keyboards in a band fronted by a man called Frank, played by Michael Fassbender from beneath a papier - mache head almost identical to that sported by Sidebottom), Frank turns out to be a funny and moving meditation on mental illness and the corrupting power of fame, even of the minor variety.

In fact, nearly 44 percent of learners reported feelings of depression in a recent poll about mental illnesses in college students.

The medical expenses associated with these illnesses can wipe out your entire retirement funds and as a matter of fact, about 1 million Americans will have to file for bankruptcy due to this pressing need.

In fact, saying your dog would never do something is a red flag signaling misunderstanding, or worse, denial, about what your dog thinks or feels about the world and how that might change with age, illness, new family members or other experiences.

The fact that they are actually getting information about mental illness from people who know about it is more than most companies do.

The unsettling and the sad thing about this segment, is not the big scary illness coming for the character, but the fact that those around him did not notice that he was detaching himself from reality.

For example, in TDC there is a moment where the story is about not being able to continue struggling, and needing to embrace the fact that terminal illness is going to win.

Here are a few important facts about some of the most critical illnesses that commonly afflict Americans:

Nobody wants to think about the possibility that we could face a life threatening illness during our working years, but the fact is that critical illness can strike at any time.

[2] «Fast Facts about Mental illness.»

This translates to over one million adults who live with serious mental illness, and almost half a million children with serious mental health conditions.2 Even more alarming is the fact that about half of adults and two - thirds of adolescents with mental health needs in California do not get treatment.3

* SANE Australia, «Facts and figures about mental illness», http://www.sane.org/sane-media/for-students/204-facts-and-figures-about-mental-illness