GENERATING COVID-19 PROJECTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS FOR ALL COUNTRIES This Predictions was developed by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) an independent population health research center at UW Medicine, part of the University of Washington, that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world’s most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used […]
Who is a Social Worker? A social work can be defined as a profession that seeks to improve the quality of life for individuals and to effect system-wide change through the pursuit of social justice. Just like any helping profession, such as nursing and teaching, social work seeks to help people overcome some of life’s […]
What is Counseling? The terms counselor and therapist are often used interchangeably, but at the core, counselors are often mental health professionals focused on providing pragmatic solutions to your issue. Counseling services run the gamut from general to targeted services like marriage counseling, family therapy, or substance abuse counseling. Counseling is a big field with […]
Psychotherapy is a general term for treating mental health problems by talking with a psychiatrist, psychologist or other mental health provider. During psychotherapy, During psychotherapy, a person with a mental illness talks to a licensed and trained mental health care professional who helps him or her identify and work through the factors that may be […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seen a “sharp increase” in hand sanitizer products from Mexico that are contaminated with methanol, which can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested. The FDA says it is aware of adults and children who have recently died, been blinded or hospitalized after ingesting hand […]
According to the World Health Organization, depression is a common illness worldwide, with more than 264 million people affected. Depression is different from usual mood fluctuations and short-lived emotional responses to challenges in everyday life. Especially when long-lasting and with moderate or severe intensity, depression may become a serious health condition. It can cause the […]
Occasional anxiety is an expected part of life. You might feel anxious when faced with a problem at work, before taking a test, or before making an important decision. But anxiety disorders involve more than temporary worry or fear. For a person with an anxiety disorder, the anxiety does not go away and can get […]
This approach integrates psychotherapeutic and coping skills-training techniques with abstinence-based addiction counseling. The primary goals of treatment are to enhance and sustain patient motivation for change, establish and maintain abstinence from all psychoactive drugs, and foster development of (nonchemical) coping and problem solving skills to thwart and ultimately eliminate impulses to “self-medicate” with psychoactive drugs. […]
During a bachelor’s degree program in community health, students may be expected to take courses that are fundamental to their understanding of community health education and health promotion practices and policies. This can include classes that focus on disease prevention, communication methods and techniques, worksite health promotion, and family health and wellness. Additionally, there will […]
A Community Health Practitioner is a specially trained Professional who provides promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health activities and services to the people where they live and work. In carrying out these tasks, there are a set of codes of professional conducts, ethics and etiquette that they are mandatory to follow. Community Health Practitioners Registration […]
