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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State University College of Medicine, Apalachee Center and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare have signed an agreement to establish and operate a psychiatry residency program, addressing a critical area of need for the training of additional mental health-care providers for the region and state. The program will be based at Apalachee Center, a…
Mental Health Matter: Spiritual Inclusivity Spirituality is often an overlooked aspect of life in a mental health facility. Treatment of the mind and body are the predominant evidenced based practices provided in most settings, while the spiritual domain is more of a glossed over afterthought. Since the late 19th century, “the majority position of…
Mental Health Wellness Fair Coming to South Side By Tom Flanigan WFSU Public Media News There are many people talking about the need for more accessible mental health care. As part of that larger discussion, Mental Health Council of the Big Bend will present a very special kind of public health fair next Tuesday…
Mental Health Matters Mark Reeves, Ph.D. December, 2017 “She Was Admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital. What Happened Next…” What is it actually like to be psychiatrically hospitalized or seek mental health help? How can we who meet people who are seeking or are brought for mental health help against their will respond? As a psychologist,…
Borderline Personality Disorder Stigmatization Sri Kothur, M.S., Therapist “Manipulative,” “attention seeking,” “difficult,” and “treatment resistant” are a few deleterious ways clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are viewed [1]. More than any other psychological disorder BPD is viewed as the worse and most untreatable. A common view is that these clients’ take deliberate actions…
Mental Health Matter: “Passive vs. Active Listening: Music Therapy in Mental Health” By: David Ko, MM, MT-BC Music is a universal form of communication. Through the art of writing and performing music, musicians are able to communicate some of their deepest emotions and most significant experiences in a way that is simultaneously expressive, creative, and…
Can Stress Hinder Weight Loss? By: Natalie Lawson, RD Stress is part of our everyday life. Work, kids, finances, relationships… and then you try and throw in something like weight loss and BOOM, you’ve got yourself an extra dose of stress! Not to mention that weight loss causes so much stress. Think about it… everywhere…
You Are What You Eat By: Melanie Mediate, LPN, Civil Residential Supervisor “You are what you eat”. How many times have you either said or heard this idiom? Most of the time when people make this statement they are referring to how your diet affects your physical health. However, this saying can also extend to…
Apalachee Center, Inc. 2634 Capital Circle, N.E. Tallahassee, FL 32308 www.apalacheecenter.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sharon Poole Office: (850) 523-3201 Apalachee Center Opens Primary Care Clinic in Gadsden County Tallahassee, FL. March 20, 2017 – Apalachee Center, Inc. hosts Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Primary Care Clinic at its Gadsden County…