Of the roughly 40000 health apps available for smartphone, there are about 800 apps oriented around mental health care. So, if the key to effective therapy, as most professionals argue, is human interaction, can apps provide …
Category Archives: Mental Health Care
Mental health budget cuts putting services under 'huge pressure …
Mental health budget cuts putting services under 'huge pressure'. Evidence of poor quality care is widespread, with less 20% of people feeling they received appropriate support in a crisis, says thinktank. Cost-cutting measure …
'Empathy gaps' causing trauma in community mental health care
That's the reality faced by some mental health patients under Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) because of a perceived lack of empathy and understanding among some of the workers meant to be helping them, according …
Virginia Tech shooting has lessons for strengthening college mental …
As the nation reels from another mass shooting on a college campus, analysis of the 2007 attack at Virginia Tech University highlights the need for "comprehensive and coordinated mental health services on college …
Study on mental health care ranks Oregon last | Mental Health …
OPB News, Nov. 9, 2015 A study looking at mental health care among states has ranked Oregon dead last. The president of Mental Health America, Paul.