WCU music therapy students work with clients online Music therapy student Clark Castle (left), and Rosa Gaines, an aluma of the program, work online with clients to improve their social skills. (Source: William Carey University Media Relations) By Tim Doherty | April 3, 2021 at 7:05 PM CDT - Updated April 3 at 9:20 PM
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HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Music is a language unto itself, and at William Carey University, faculty and students have found a way of using it to fine-tune and amplify the voices of those who often have difficulties expressing themselves,
Carey’s music therapy programs have been rewarded for their efforts, receiving a $57,000 grant from the Mississippi Council Development Disabilities to improve the social skills of adults with intellectual disabilities through online music therapy sessions.
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Nueces County Hospital District, County Leadership, Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities Fund, Create New Innovative Approaches for Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment
CORPUS CHRISTI – The Nueces County Hospital District Board of Managers recently voted to expand upon the unique community collaborative partnership that provides new and innovative programming for persons struggling with mental illness and substance dependence in Nueces County.
Developed by and between Nueces Center for Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (MHID), Nueces County, Nueces County Sheriff’s Office and Nueces County Hospital District, these new programs will provide an enhanced level of support and collaboration to address the growing mental health needs for the citizens of Nueces County.
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Petitioner says one major group overlooked in the list of co-morbidities is persons with severe mental illness
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Petitioner says one major group overlooked in the list of co-morbidities is persons with severe mental illness
The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Centre to respond to a petition seeking to include people suffering from mental illness in the list of specified co-morbidities to get COVID-19 vaccine on priority basis.
A Bench of Chief Justice D.N. Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh also issued notice to the Central Mental Health Authority and the National Expert Group of Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 and sought their responses and listed the case for further hearing on April 30.