Recovery Update

People who experience major injuries requiring hospital admission, such as car crashes and falls, are at substantially increased risk of being admitted to hospital for mental health disorders, found a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). As well, they are at much higher risk of suicide than people without such injuries. "Major trauma was associated with a 40 percent increased rate of hospital admission for 1 or more mental health diagnoses," writes Dr. Christopher Evans, Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, with coauthors.

Have you ever wanted to smash something after a long day at work? There's a more grown-up way to throw a tantrum. Rage rooms, also known as smash rooms or anger rooms, have opened in cities around the world, and they offer a safe place for people to shatter away their anger – literally. You can hurl a plate across a room, take a sledgehammer to an old computer or kiss a framed photo of your ex goodbye with a golf club.

A group of judges in Cleveland say inmates with serious mental health issues in the Cuyahoga County Jail are not receiving proper care and medication and the facility lacks adequate mental health care staffing. Cleveland.com reports the five judges overseeing the Common Pleas Court's mental health docket have outlined problems in a letter to the CEO of the hospital providing psychiatric care at the jail.

In class writings, Cameron Carico said he wanted to "meet God." The teen, who had an upbeat personality, wrote that he often cried in his room. And though Cameron's family knew of his depression, they had no idea how severe it was. On Jan. 28, 2012, the 15-year-old Johnston High School freshman took his own life. The next day, another Johnston student did the same. There were a total of three suicides that year in the Des Moines suburb’s school district.

After four years of operating its mental healthcare network under one framework, Colorado is asking for mental healthcare providers to make their case to be part of a new statewide approach. Critics say the new system from the state's Office of Behavioral Health would involve cutbacks in funding for several regions and changes in the way providers allocate money, and would break up the current mental health network’s four districts into seven.

Sharon is 16-years-old now, and life has forced her to develop coping skills, but she feels like if she were younger she wouldn't be able to handle it. "It's so different now. Everyone's always looking over their shoulder, especially in my community," said Sharon, a high school junior whose parents are Mexican immigrants.

Lead your professional field with the status of the CFRP Certification. The CFRP is designed to elevate professional standards in the field of children's mental and behavioral healthcare. The certification fosters the growth of a qualified, ethical, and culturally diverse child and family psychiatric rehabilitation workforce through enforcement of a practitioner code of ethics. Do you still need training to meet the education/training eligibility requirement? PRA's Academy offers plenty of online courses to meet your 45 hour requirement.