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Addressing the Needs of Caregivers
Our society relies on families to provide care for disabled family members. They provide 80% of such care, and the financial value of their work is close to $400 billion per year. If families did not provide this care, it would add 15 to 20% to the costs of health care in the United States. I...
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Clinicians and Suicide Loss
For mental health professionals, the loss of a client to suicide is surprisingly common, if not an unfortunate occupational hazard. Studies show that one in five psychologists and counselors (Bersoff, 1999; McIntosh, 2000, McAdams and Foster, 2000) and one in two psychiatrists (Ruskin, 2004;...
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An Update on the RAISE Schizophrenia Research Project – An Interview with Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD
Over the past several issues, Mental Health News has been following the progress of the RAISE project, an NIMH sponsored research study that is examining the role and potential that early and specific interventions can play in the recovery of people that have just been recently diagnosed with...
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Being Your Own Caregiver When There Is Nobody Else
This issue of Mental Health News examines the topic “Addressing the Needs of Caregivers.” The response to our theme was very enthusiastic with many people indicating how happy they were that we were examining this import and timely subject. Throughout the many wonderful articles in this issue...
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Caregivers Plan for the Future with Federation of Organizations’ Financial Management Program
What will happen when I am not around? How can I protect the future of my loved one? These are some of the questions that caregivers ask themselves as they search for reassuring answers. After years of work helping families to prepare for the future of their loved ones, there is one point we cannot...
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Caring for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Clients and the Providers Who Serve Them
To paraphrase Tolstoy: happy clients are all alike – but unhappy clients are each unhappy in their own way. However, as the recovery movement gains ground, providers are finding that clients can have a bewilderingly diverse array of ideas about what would make them happy. These days, clients...
