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Tag Archives: schizophrenia
APEF: Helping People with Schizophrenia and Their Families in Argentina
This month, we discuss APEF – a non-profit organization in Argentina that assist people with schizophrenia and their families. Continue reading
Answered Questions: Monthly News for the Disability Community for February 2020
Answered Questions is a monthly resource for the Spanish language Disability Community that fills an information need. This month’s question is: My brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young adult. What information, resources, and research are available to help … Continue reading
Posted in Publications, Respuestas a las Preguntas
Tagged #CollabChats, #mentalhealth, #PathwaysRRTC, #TransitionsACR, #TUCollaborative, community participation, education, employment, inclusion, independent living, mental health, mentoring, NIDILRR, NIDILRR funded projects, NIDILRR-funded research, peer providers, rehabilitation, Research In Focus, RIF, schizophrenia, serious mental illness, social inclusion, stigma, technology, video-based mobile health interventions, vocational rehabilitation
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NAMI and Mental Health in the Latinx/Hispanic Community
For Suicide Prevention Awareness Week, we are highlighting a mental health organization in the US that also provides information, resources, and assistance to the Latinx/Hispanic community: The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the largest grassroots mental health organization … Continue reading
What are neuropsychiatric disorders?
According to the Oxford Textbook of Medicine, neuropsychiatric disorders are “disorders of affect, cognition, and behavior that arise from overt disorder in cerebral function, or from indirect effects of extra-cerebral disease.” In other words, they are typically attributed to diseases … Continue reading
Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 10 – Friday, August 14
Aquí puede leer este artículo en español. Accessibility: Disabled Luke Kenshole was ‘kicked off’ flight to US because he was in a wheelchair (Western Daily Press – UK) A British airline passenger says he was removed from a flight to … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged airline cabin accessibility, Alzheimer's Disease, children with diabetes, communication, deaf and hard of hearing, depression, diabetes care plan, diabetic wound care, ExoAtlet exoskeleton, marker for schizophrenia, nano dressing, paralysis, parents of children with diabetes, Parkinson's Disease, schizophrenia, sleeping position and neurological disorders, Socratic questioning in cognitive therapy, spinal cord injury, students with diabetes, travel with wheelchair, wound healing in diabetes
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Disability News Weekly Roundup – Monday, August 18 – Friday, August 22
Funding: “Ice Bucket Challenge” has raised millions for ALS Association (The New York Times) The “Ice Bucket Challenge” has lit social media on fire, raising both money and awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). About 30,000 Americans have the disease, … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly News Roundup
Tagged ALS, ALS Association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ASD, autism behavior therapy, autism spectrum disorder, children with disabilities, Evermind, home safety monitor, household appliance monitor, independent living, legislation, medicare, Medicare fraud, National Health Interview Survey, nursing homes, Put a Registered Nurse in the Nursing Home Act, registered nurse, schizophrenia, wheelchairs
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What are psychiatric disabilities?
Psychiatric disability is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as a “mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual; a record of impairment; or being regarded as having such an … Continue reading
Posted in Answer Queue
Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, antisocial personality disorder, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, depersonalization disorder, Disabilities, disability, dissociative disorders, dissociative identity disorder, eating disorders, EEOC, emotional conditions, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, mental health, mental illness, NARIC, NIDRR, NIDRR projects, NIDRR research, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic disorder, people with disabilities, personality disorders, phobias, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, psychiatric disabilities, PTSD, SAMHSA, schizophrenia
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Collection Spotlight from the National Rehabilitation Information Center 