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Taranaki Rugby scholarship recipient Kusitano Drauna, left, with Witt chief executive John Snook, Taranaki Rugby chief executive Laurence Corlett, and scholarship recipient Chloe Sampson.
Budding rugby players will be able to pursue their sporting career while prioritising their study thanks to a new partnership between the region s polytech and rugby union. Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (Witt) and Taranaki Rugby have come together to provide a number of scholarships to rugby players who are looking to further their tertiary education. Engineering student Kusitano Drauna, 18, and exercise student Chloe Sampson, 17, are the first two recipients of the scholarship for 2021.
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The pandemic s negative impact on the mental health of millions of people has renewed discussions around why that nation s behavioral healthcare system has been inadequate to meet the level demand for care.
But the failure to meet patients mental health needs predated the pandemic. Approximately 43% of the more than 51 million adults estimated to have had a mental health condition in 2019 received treatment, according to care access data compiled by Mental Health America.
The care gap has prompted calls for healthcare providers to move swiftly toward integrating behavioral healthcare services into primary care. Holistic approaches to physical and mental healthcare have been shown to help identify more patients experiencing a mental health issue and provide them with earlier interventions that can improve outcomes.
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In early 2020, Juston Root’s condition was deteriorating.
Diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder as a young adult, the 41-year-old wasn’t taking his medicine, and those around him were concerned. His family felt that he should be civilly committed. His psychiatrist described him as “actively psychotic with poor self care,” according to a Jan. 6, 2020 evaluation. “He is not at acute risk and cannot be hospitalized against his will at this time but given his history we believe hospitalization is very likely.”
On a brisk, damp morning one month later, Root drove himself to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, part of the Boston medical center complex that also houses the Massachusetts Mental Health Center he was in need of help. A security guard was the first person to interact with Root and radioed in a description of him after a bizarre conversation, noting that Root had a transparent object that looked like a gun. The Boston police arrived, and fewer than 10 minutes later
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