La terapia asistida por caballos, en la que un terapeuta de salud mental tiene formación adicional para usar caballos como parte del plan de tratamiento, es una modalidad que parece estar en expansión por todo el país. Esto es particularmente cierto en la era post-Covid, ya que el número de niños diagnosticados con ansiedad, depresión o ambas ha aumentado considerablemente.
Equine-assisted therapy, in which a mental health clinician has additional training to use horses as part of the treatment plan, is a modality that is on the rise across the nation. That’s particularly true in the post-COVID era, as the number of children diagnosed with anxiety or depression or both has skyrocketed.
The ACE scoring method is illuminating the relationship between stresses that children face that lead to public health problems later in life. Awareness of those connections is growing in Battle Creek and elsewhere in Calhoun County.
With its nonthreatening familiarity and connection to the human brain, music gives therapists a door into teens’ emotions. Music therapy helps teens identify, verbalize, and study their emotions, empowering them to change the way they act and feel.
Con su familiaridad no amenazante y su conexión con el cerebro humano, la música ofrece a los terapeutas una puerta a las emociones de los adolescentes. La musicoterapia ayuda a los adolescentes a identificar, verbalizar y estudiar sus emociones, permitiéndoles cambiar la forma en que actúan y sienten.
Poco más del 40% de los jóvenes LGBTQ consideraron seriamente intentar suicidarse el año pasado; Los jóvenes transgénero, no binarios y/o de color reportaron tasas incluso más altas que sus pares. Hay ayuda disponible.
A primary goal in creating the center was to divert people having mental health problems from incarceration and from visiting emergency departments at area hospitals. In its first month, the Kalamazoo County police including those from the and township of Kalamazoo, Portage and the Sheriff’s Department received 346 calls flagged as behavioral health issues.
Just over 40% of LGBTQ youth seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year; young people who are transgender, nonbinary, and/or people of color reported even higher rates than their peers. Help is available.
There are three components to BlackWellness Network: Bridging the gap in the level of care provided to African-American; breaking the negative stigma that has traditionally been attached to seeking mental health services, and building stronger Black and Brown communities.
It often takes months of experimentation to find an effective psychotropic drug. Up to half of patients with major depressive disorder do not respond to the first antidepressant prescribed. Kalamazoo's Genemarkers is among those offering a promising tool to address that issue: a test that can result in prescribing drugs with greater accuracy.
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