by alexvanrossum | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
How Installing Touchless Faucets Can Help Your Facility with Infection Control A patient’s health and safety in a behavioral healthcare setting is more important than ever right now. There are three key actions to take when considering the safety of your...
by alexvanrossum | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Over the past 15 years, psychologists have noticed a disturbing trend among the depression rates of high school and college students. Today, the rates of depression and anxiety are at an all-time high. According to the American College Health Association, the suicide...
by alexvanrossum | Jul 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
After years in behavioral hospital design and construction all over the nation, Lee and David DeLoache saw a need that they could fill. Plant operations personnel, corporate safety departments, and design professionals needed both a consultant and a single source for...
by alexvanrossum | May 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Since 1949, May has been observed as National Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health illnesses are directly linked to suicide. One in four Americans struggles with mental health. Tragically, more people die from suicide in the United States than traffic...
by alexvanrossum | Feb 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last month’s issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety highlighted a study about suicide detection systems conducted by the Parkland Hospital System in Dallas. The sad reality is that suicide has increased over the past 10 years and many...
by alexvanrossum | Nov 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
A new study shows that people with mental disorders may feel physical pain more acutely and be less able to cope with it. As a result, people with anxiety and depression use a disproportionate amount of painkillers.Researchers estimated that 7.2 million of the 38.6...
