serve. Therefore‚ it is important that you join me in supporting S. 195 or the “Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013.” Part A: Legislation and Political Context: What is the “Elevator Speech” Overview? The purpose of the Mental Health in Schools Act of 2013 is to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs. This piece of legislation seeks to revise‚ increase funding for‚ and
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evaluation of Amoco‚ our opening exchange ratio is 0.46. For Amoco sides‚ their opening exchange ratio is 1. The big difference between our opening prices indicates this negotiating process should be tough. First‚ we checked the discount rate. For us‚ BP company‚ we use 8.83%‚ however‚ Amoco they use a higher one around 9%. The main difference to calculate the discount rate is that we use the 30-year Treasury rate as risk free rate compared to Amoco used 20-year Treasury rate. Moreover‚ we use the debt
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are three essential parts that make up a person’s health and being. These three parts are known as the Biopsychosocial Approach. The names of the three parts are; biological‚ psychological‚ and sociological. These three parts are all different forms of psychological studies. Each field of study contains many different theories made by psychologist from around the world. The Biopsychosocial Perspective combines all three fields to be able to study how psychological‚ biological and sociological all
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Evaluation for the Supporting Families Through Mental Health Education Program with the implementation of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Basic Program material/instructions will consist of two sources of evaluations: external program evaluation and internal program evaluation. In order for the program to be considered as effective in the Clearinghouse Continuum of Evidence to be then further utilized at Vista Maria and at other residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents
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What happens to the troubled veterans who fought to keep our country safe? Many of them end up in the criminal justice system after being released from service for many different reasons‚ with one of the most prominent reasons being mental health issues. The Veterans Court was first established by Judge Robert Russell‚ during 2008‚ in Buffalo‚ New York after he noticed a rise in veterans returning to his courtroom (Army Times). Judge Russell founded the court system to counsel‚ mentor‚ and treat
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Stigma around mental health in the modern world is no longer forcing people with mental illnesses into asylums and subjecting them to horrible torture such as electroshock therapy for being deemed too dangerous or scary to function in the outside world‚ but instead is deeply ingrained in everyone‚ regardless of mental health status. One in four Americans‚ thirteen percent of ages 8-15‚ and twenty percent of ages 13-18 experience some form of mental illness‚ and there are many more who do not have
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The Lee Case Study Questions PART ONE--FOUNDATIONS IN FINANCIAL PLANNING Megan and Kevin Lee--The Newlyweds Megan and Kevin Lee would like your help in starting their financial plan. Review Megan and Kevin ’s financial and personal information before answering the following questions. 1. Using the January 1‚ 2002 asset and liability information‚ develop a balance sheet for Megan and Kevin Lee. Assume they have no unpaid bills. What is the Lee ’s net worth? 2. Using the income and
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Scenario 1 Natalie health as an infant can be seen as a education of high level wellness. This is shown as Natalie only consumed fruit and vegetables for the first year. Despite Natalie eating healthy she is missing meat which is a highly recommended food as it contains protein to assist in muscle growth and development and to allow certain parts of the body to function such as skin‚ hair‚ bone‚ digestion and hemoglobin which allows oxygen to be carried through the blood. Natalieʼs physical‚ emotional
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Community mental health is a vast concept with various initiatives and programmes under its umbrella. The area chosen for the purpose of the assignment is to address community mental health initiative addressing psychosocial needs of the people who have experienced massive forced displacement and/or identify as refugees. People migrate due to economic crisis‚ natural disasters‚ construction of dams and various others reasons that lead them into search for other opportunities‚ away from conflict and
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Mental health is one of the biggest health crises in America. It is also the most ignored health crises in America. Especially in young people‚ according to NAMI (national alliance on mental health) 1 in 5 children ages 13-18 have‚ or will have a serious mental illness. So that could and will be anyone you know‚ could be a friend‚ a parent etc. That was me over a year ago when I turned 15 and my life seemed to be perfect. On the outside I was the happiest and luckiest kid‚ I had everything. I began
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