Sentences with phrase «mental lives of the local»

Not exact matches

Though spinning wildly out of control, I reached out for help, and made the bravest phone call of my life: I asked a neighbor to drive me to the local mental hospital.

Meanwhile discussions elsewhere reached consensus on disability rights, taking competition out of the NHS, tribunal fees, legal aid, zero - hours and short - hours contracts, agency workers, immigration, local government funding, housing, the Middle East, the minimum wage, the living wage, Royal Mail, the railways, science and technology, mental health, fracking, animal welfare, Lords reform, reducing smoking and consumption of alcohol, fats and sugar, reaffirming all - women shortlists, youth services, careers advice, sexual and relationship education, and even the 11 - plus (recognising that selection at age 11 damaged education for all children, but stopping short of abolishing existing grammar schools).

I would love to see if you have worked with any local animal shelters to encourage them to decrease or remove their adoption fee for those living with mental health issues who can't afford the fee... (it would mean letting local therapists know of the program too..)

The Los Angeles - based painter Henry Taylor, meanwhile, turns his gaze on the communities he knows — whether the patients at the mental hospital where he once worked or, more recently, people from the streets around his studio in downtown L.A. Maya Stovall, an anthropologist and choreographer, dances in front of liquor stores in her neighborhood on the east side of Detroit, before interviewing local patrons and passersby about the city, the streets around them, and the place of art in their lives.

Given the traumatic life experiences of many asylum seekers who, as a result, often present with mental illnesses, it is likely that many more asylum seekers should be accommodated by local authorities under s 21, NASS 1948 than are at present.

These include Standing up against Teenage Aggression, a group for parents (especially single mothers); Working Together, parallel groups for parents and children where the parent is living with a serious mental illness - a programme run in collaboration with local mental health agencies; Breaking Free, a group for women living in situations of domestic violence; an anger management group for teenagers; and Expression, a music therapy group for mothers and children living in a situation of domestic violence.

The objectives of this corporation shall be: to advance marriage and family therapy as an art, a science and a mental health profession; to assist CAMFT in furthering its objectives on a local level; to serve and represent the common professional and business interests of marriage and family therapists; to set and maintain professional standards for marriage and family therapists; to advocate and work to achieve public and private policies for the advancement of family life; to engage in such other lawful activities as is allowed by law and / or as is set forth in the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation; and, to pursue such other objectives and purposes that are in the best interests of CAMFT, its members and the members of this chapter that are not in conflict with CAMFT's Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or Ethical Standards for Marriage and Family Therapists.