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Documents reveal disturbing messages from Sacramento deputy to mental health patient
SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy was fired for sending explicit messages to a woman he met on an emergency call for assistance, according to internal documents released online…
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Hong Kong primary healthcare system should offer more subsidised services for mindfulness as part of patient options: expert
A Hong Kong expert in mindfulness has said he believes the meditation-type therapy can help people cope with mental health issues and should be promoted more widely in the city.…
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Young colon cancer patient faces ‘devastating’ diagnosis
Melisa Valenzuela has always been a competitor. Growing up in East Los Angeles, she sought out the toughest challenges. “Especially basketball,” she said, recalling her school days. Playing with other…
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Unveiling Mental Health Patient Perspectives in Online Psychiatrist Reviews
In the world of psychiatry, it is unfortunately common for some patients to express discontent. There are multiple legitimate reasons for this dissatisfaction – mistreatment, abuse of power, misdiagnosis, lack…
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Modernizing mental health care in emergency departments: Improving patient outcomes
Emergency Departments frequently handle the intake of patients with mental health care needs. In today’s mental health crisis, there is a widespread shortage of beds to handle certain populations. Patients…
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Mental Health Matters: Former patient tells teens, ‘Don’t be ashamed to get help’
MIAMI – Depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among adolescents in the US. The decline in mental health among teenagers was intensified by the COVID pandemic. Alina Caro, 20, told…
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Long-Term Data of Ocrelizumab Highlights Specific Patient Population at Risk for Severe Infection
New 6-year data from the ACAPELLA study, a real-world analysis of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) on ocrelizumab (Ocrevus; Genentech), showed a higher rate of severe infection in treated patients…
