Phone (212) 854-7426 Website Medical Services (Morningside) [3] Read more [2] Counseling and Psychological Services (CPS) (Morningside) [4] on-campus CPS supports the psychological and emotional well-being of the Morningside campus community by providing counseling, consultations, and crisis interventions ? all of which adhere to strict standards of confidentiality. Drop-In Counseling Offices o...

following a personal, community or national crisis or disaster there is a need to provide some form of early intervention and crisis support. the essential components of successful early interventions include planning, education, training and support for those affected. the goal of all early interventions should be to maximize the likelihood of a positive mental health outcome using the person’...

invariable in the latter group and they are at high risk for completed suicides. It is for these, treatment 'beyond crisis intervention' is necessary if preventive measures are to be successful (Litman,1970) Hence it is doubtful whether the centres have reached the 'high-risk' groups. 3. Suicide indeed is a complex and multidimensional problem needing multifaceted approach. No one denies the ro...

Main results Risk factors for suicide include psychopathology, a family history of psychopathology or suicide, adverse life events, abuse and poor socio-economic circumstances. Protective factors include family cohesion and religious belief. Schools based prevention programmes: limited evidence supports training of school staff to recognise students at risk of suicide, and crisis intervention a...

This afternoon I want to tell you about the results of a major study we have been doing as a part of the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program. The Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program is an interdisciplinary project directed by Dr. John W. Farquhar, Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and I am co-director. This paper was really co-authored by fifteen people as part of an inte...

The effects of epidural injections of triamcinolone acetonide and bupivacaine in the treatment of sciatica were analyzed in a retrospective series of 526 consecutive cases with measurements. A new test (the whistle test) is described. There is a paucity of measureable parameters in reports on the subject in the literature, and many are not specific or symptom-oriented to sciatica. The procedure...

Given the growing linguistic diversity in the United States, many practicing psychologists will work with foreign language interpreters. However, few clinicians receive formal training in providing interpreteraided psychological services. By federal law (88th Congress, 1964; PL-88-352), psychologists or their agencies are responsible for providing interpreter services. To maintain a patient-cen...

ACTUALIZING SOCIAL JUSTICE: AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY OF A PUBLIC MIDDLE SCHOOL MAY 2010 CAMILLE LEE, B.S., UNIVERSITY OF UTAH M.Ed., WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY Ed.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Directed by Professor Pat Griffin Researchers and k-12 practitioners have been struggling with inequity and diversity issues for the past four decades. These struggles have produced multiple philos...

This article provides 12-month prevalence rates of youth exposure to websites which encourage self-harm or suicide and examines whether such exposure is related to thoughts of self-harm and thoughts of suicide in the past 30 days. Data were collected via telephone from a nationally representative survey of 1560 Internet-using youth, ages 10-17 residing in the United States. One percent (95% CI:...