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A mental health counselor assigned to a school in Greenville, South Carolina, is accused of sexually abusing a juvenile, according to Greenville police. Police say on April 17 a juvenile reported that they had been sexually abused by 42-year-old Christopher Haines. Police said it was then discovered that Haines was responsible for the welfare of the juvenile. On Friday, Haines was arrested and charged with unlawful conduct towards a child, third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor, criminal solicitation of a minor and first-degree assault and battery.Police said Haines is a mental health counselor employed by South Carolina Department of…
SACRAMENTO – This month, CBS13 is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI) and spotlighting mental health awareness.For many Asian Americans, their families made sacrifices that helped build a future for them in this country. But for the older generation, those sacrifices resulted in trauma that’s hardly talked about.From being forced into an internment camp, excluded by society, or arriving in the U.S. as refugees of war, generations of Asian Americans have endured painful stereotypes, racism, and cultural prejudice. “I escaped Vietnam when I was eight, and I arrived in the U.S. when I was nine,” said Dr. Carloee…
Samaritan Health Ministries is on a mission to provide free, high quality, accessible transformational health and wellness services that support healthy living among uninsured families in the Greater Williamson County. Elizabeth Brown, Volunteer Major Gifts Officer of Samaritan Health Ministries, joined Studio 512 to talk about how the community can support SMH’s cause, and why she’s so passionate about the organization. Elizabeth says, “I’m passionate about SHM because not only do I volunteer there, but I have also worked and been a patient of SHM. Sometimes we think of patients or clients of nonprofits as a population that wants hand…
Baltimore’s top health official will step down at the end of June, as part of a series of planned changes in city leadership.Dr. Letitia Dzirasa, the deputy mayor for Equity, Health, and Human Services, will leave her role on June 5, according to a memorandum from Chief Administrative Officer Faith Leach obtained by The Baltimore Sun. The changes also include promotions for officials in Mayor Brandon Scott’s administration, including his current communications director, deputy chief of staff, and the chief policy officer for the Mayor’s Office of Children and Family Success.Dzirasa, a pediatrician who received her medical degree from Meharry…
SAN ANTONIO – After a heavily-lauded start, San Antonio’s mental health program is in the middle of a rapid expansion.And it’s clear city leaders have an appetite to grow it further.The San Antonio Community Outreach and Resiliency Effort (SA CORE) program began as a pilot program in April 2022. A three-member team comprised of a San Antonio Police officer from the Mental Health Unit, a San Antonio Fire paramedic, and a clinician from the Center for Health Care Services responded to mental health calls downtown and on the near West Side.Their focus is more on helping someone through a mental…
The Big Game is Sunday, February 11 on CBS. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has called it the second highest day of food consumption in America.Abby Davis, a Medical Student at OSU-CHS, joins us with a snack option and advice when it comes to overeating.What does overeating do to our bodies?”I think the foods that are most popular on party days like this, like the Super Bowl, even holidays, a lot of the time that don’t have a lot of fiber. (The foods are) kind of like more empty calories. So it takes a bit more to fill up your…
Giving up carb heavy meals that are often associated with feeling warm and fuzzy, like freshly cooked bread or perfectly cooked potatoes doesn’t sound like a successful recipe for remedying our mental health, but recent research is showing that a ketogenic diet has a positive association with both our physical, mental health well-being. Here’s what the latest science is saying. For those of us that turn to ketogenic diets, popular with many people that want to lose excess bodyweight or finally hope to see their abs, it would be reasonable to think that abstaining from starchy, high carb foods may…
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. , May 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp) 2024 Virtual Symposium will run from July 8 through September 30. The global online event mirrors the highly successful in-person symposium, featuring the same renowned speakers and keynotes. The symposium offers Continuing Education Units (CEUs), which are crucial for professionals seeking to maintain their certifications and enhance their skills. Global attendees of the Spanish track will receive a Diploma of Participation. The virtual format provides a flexible and accessible platform for professionals with two goals in mind: Allowing participants to have access to cutting-edge content…
Another healthcare organization is being sued for allegedly sharing private health information on patients with online advertisers, namely Facebook and its parent company, Meta. A lawsuit filed in Florida Southern District Court accused the Palm Beach Health Network Physicians Group of utilizing Meta’s Pixel code on its website to gather personal data for the purpose of targeted advertising. According to the complaint, sensitive personal information was being sent to the third-party from Palm Beach Health’s patient portal, including searches made by patients, specifics on their appointments, medical test results, and details on their diagnoses. The lawsuit claims the health system violated patient…
Bonn, Germany – January 17: In this photo illustration a man, depressiv, is sitting alone at a … [+] kitchen table on January 17, 2021 in Bonn, Germany. (Photo by Ute Grabowsky/Photothek via Getty Images)Photothek via Getty Images A new study of more than 700,000 people living in Finland found that mental illnesses like depression, anxiety, and eating disorders could potentially be transmitted socially within adolescent peer groups. “We found an association between having peers diagnosed with a mental disorder during adolescence and an increased risk of receiving a mental disorder diagnosis later in life,” the researchers wrote in the…