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The Importance of Pursuing Mental Health Integration

Linda Rosenberg asked: Why Pursue Mental Health Integration?It is the right thing to do: The NCCBH vision statement provides the foundation for our work: We are committed to creating and sustaining healthy and secure communities, achieved through a system that holds the needs of consumers paramount, regardless of their ability to pay.Vital to this commitment [...]

Samson Omotosho, PhD, APRN/PMHN asked: There is a lot of prospect in community-based mental health careers both in the state of Maryland and all over the country. This is because for years now, there has been a lot of emphasis on prevention and reduction of inpatient hospitalization for all illnesses, including mental illness. This might primarily [...]

What makes something a mental health issue as opposed to a regular health issue that involves the brain?

Lightningbug asked: For instance, epilepsy is not considered a «mental health» problem even though it's something that's happening in the brain. Schizophrenia has to do with brain chemicals, but it's a mental health issue.