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Melanie Dallas: Highland Rivers will implement a new model

Melanie Dallas: Highland Rivers will implement a new model

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It’s no secret that we in the public sector use a lot of abbreviations: CSB, which stands for Community Service Board, a Georgia public safety net behavioral health service provider, such as Highland Rivers Behavioral Health ; DBHDD, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, which is Georgia’s statewide behavioral health agency; and SAMHSA, …

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Allegheny Valley Hospital to shift adult mental health services to geriatric patients only

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Adults in the Alle-Kiski Valley seeking mental health care will no longer be able to access inpatient services at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison. From Monday, the facility along Carlisle Street will be relocated to provide extended psychiatric services to geriatric patients only. “We are not closing the unit but rather changing its focus,” said …

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Combined cognitive and physical training helps restore older adults’ attention skills to young adult levels

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A new study has found promising results for a combined physical and cognitive fitness intervention designed to improve neuroplasticity in older adults. Using a motion-capture video game, the intervention appeared to remedy age-related lapses in attention. The results were published in the journal npj Aging. With age, cognitive abilities naturally decline. But there is evidence …

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