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Mental health Phoenix Arizona

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Mental health has to do with healthy thinking, healthy behaviors,
exercise, coping with pain and stress, anger management and more.
Mental health is a combination of many components that create health.

A recent study by a magazine called Circulation: Journal of the
American Heart Association, found that every hour spent watching tv
was associated with an 18 percent greater risk of dying from
cardiovascular disease.

Think holistically for your health !

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Change for New Year Resolutions

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Change is a process whether it is cleaning a room, organizing, or
losing weight.

Change begins with the belief you can change and the desire to change.
Having hope and expecting change are the strongest components besides
taking action each day.

A great way to make change is to dedicate 5 minutes a day to the
desired change.

It can be exercising daily for five minutes. It can be cleaning a part
of a room each day for five minutes. Once you get motivated and going
you will build momentum and will reach your goal.

Schedule time for your goals daily and follow through w them. Post
them on a post it in your bathroom or wherever you will see it.

Rome was not built in a day and if you downsize your goals you will
feel that it is manageable and you will not be overwhelmed.

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Mental Health helps Finding Job

Monday, October 5th, 2009

It is very important that you take care of your self: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually so you can be strong and healthy and have a better chance of getting a new job.

Here are some tips:

Exercise 45-60 minutes per day ( walking, sports, dance)

Stop smoking and stop drinking alcohol.

Drink half your body weight in water each day at a minimum that is w/o excessive heat or exercise.

Get at least 8-10 hours of sleep per night.

Stay positive and chnage uhealthy thoughts to healthy thoughts.

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Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Teen years are extremely challenging for adolescents. There bodies are changing and doing strange things, their hormones are changing and they begin to look at what life will look like as a young adult. Here are some things listed below that occur during teenage development.

Increased self-reliance and self-esteem ( confidence)
Increase in empathy for others
Ability to think ideas through and not be impulsive.( learn to cope with stress)

Work habits become more defined ( organization)
Thinking about their future
More importance is placed on one’s role in life

Feelings of love and passion
Development of more serious relationships
Firmer sense of sexual identity

Increase in thee capacity for setting goals
Interest in moral reasoning and ethical reasoning
Capacity to use insight

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Mental health and social groups

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Membership in social groups helps us weather transitions; deaths , new
jobs, etc

It helps us become more resilient and healthier than isolating ones
self .

Group memberships are connected with increased well being.

People need a sense of connection to: friends, family, and groups
outside of work.

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Research shows we should diverify our friendships and nit pull all our
energy in one group just in case it folds!

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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Some Red Flags for Child or teen mental health issues.

Angry most of the time, cries a lot or overreacts to things;
worthless or guilty a lot;
anxious or worried a lot more than other young people;
grief for a long time after a loss or death;
Fear, anxiety, stress.
Low self esteem ( appearance)

Grades drop or poor academic performance.
Child or Teen loses interest in things usually enjoyed.
Changes in sleeping or eating habits
Avoids friends or family and wants to be alone all the time
Child or Teen feels life is too hard to handle or talks about suicide, self harm.

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Mental health Juveniles Juvenile System

Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Two thirds of the nations juvenile inmates have at least one mental health illness or disorder according to a recent article. Community programs are cash starved so many juveniles are being treated in the prison.

More than 33 states have cut their budgets for mental health programs for juveniles.
The juvenile prison has become the “care taker” for youth at risk, troubled teens since the 1980’s.

A study showed that there were fewer than nine psychiatrists for over 100,000 youth. Many juvenile offenders are prescribed multiple psychiatric medications as they move around from clinics, to detention halls, and to the juvenile prisons.

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We talk about bail out money for the Car industry and for wall street etc.. we need to make children and teens and families a priority. It is called prevention. Our priorities are upside down. I hope the USA will wake up.