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By Michael Bustamante

Are you seeking a meaningful, new profession in the fields of medicine and health care? If so, perhaps you should look into health services education. Encompassing a broad number of occupations, health services are required in practically every sector of health care, and jobs abound.

Health services include both administrative and clinical positions, and there are hundreds of health and medical career options from which to choose. Health services education courses offered at a vocational or trade school can help you gain expertise in medical billing and coding, physical therapy, nursing, dental assisting, pharmacology, medical massage therapy, and many, many other fields. With a health services education that is focused on your specific field of interest, you will be primed for employment in the medical and health services industry.

Depending on the field of study and the specific health services course, you might take classes in subjects such as health services administration, medical terminology, dental, medical assisting, anatomy, biology, physiology, medical transcription, cardiovascular and EKG technology, pharmacy technology, etc. But, this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many related career paths to choose from, you would be wise to consult with a college advisor before enrolling in any health services school.

There are also many levels of education required for the various health services professions. Your health services education could result in a professional diploma, a certificate, or college degree. You can earn an associate degree, a bachelor degree, a master degree, or a doctorate degree. If you are an undergraduate, a health services education can help you accumulate education credits toward a graduate degree.

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By Marvin Rosen

School-based mental health services are sorely needed to deal with mental health issues that are often barriers to learning. Such services need to be a critical component in schools to combat barriers to academic success. Unfortunately, schools are often poorly equipped to deal with such problems. Because states tend to bundle educational and mental health services, funds are directed primarily toward education and not treatment. In many school districts communities are also lacking in emotional support services and families do not have the means to purchase needed medical insurance to support outside treatment. Transportation to mental health clinics may not be available. Parents are often reluctant to send their children out of district to such centers. School psychologists are overloaded with assessment responsibilities while school counselors deal mostly with classroom problems, college applications, and day-to-day crises. Additional services from trained psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists are badly needed to treat emotional problems and for prevention of future problems.

A number of studies report on the prevalence of mental health problems in children. A report of the Surgeon General (1999) indicates that 20.9 percent of children and adolescents, aged 9-17, have mental or addictive disorders. Other studies support the statement that one in five students in school may have mental health concerns. At least two to three students in every classroom may have emotional problems of varying degrees of severity. One estimate is that 4.3 million students nationally suffer from mental illness that impairs their functioning at home, in school, and with peers. A report by Katoka, Zhang & Wells (2002) indicates that 78 percent of children aged 6 to 17 with mental disorders and 88 percent of Latino children do not receive needed mental health care. Mental health concerns are likely to increase in response to the recent economic downturn.

Mental health is not only the absence of mental illness but also includes the skills needed to deal with life’s challenges. Emotional and behavioral health problems represent serious barriers to academic success and behavioral adjustment in school. Children and adolescents with emotional problems have the highest failure rates; fifty percent of such children drop out of high school. Emotional disability is the fastest growing special education in schools. In Ohio, one in five high school students reported seriously considering a suicide in the previous twelve months. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people and is considered a public health crisis by both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.

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By Sean L Johnson

The faces of addiction are no longer homeless old men sadly wandering the streets carrying a brown paper bag, for addiction affects all walks of life. From professionals battling prescription drug abuse to dads battling street drug addiction or moms struggling with alcoholism, addiction knows no boundaries and wreaks havoc on families everywhere. Inpatient treatment centers provide programs to assist the addict in overcoming the addiction and learning to live life without the drugs, alcohol or whatever their crutch may be. Health insurance plans will often assist in limited coverage of the inpatient treatment of substance abuse.

Addiction is not typically something the affected victim can overcome alone without additional help. Professional help that is available at treatment centers everywhere can provide the support and education needed for the addict to start his or her journey to recovery. Paying for the treatment should not be a deterrent to getting the necessary help. Most health insurance plans will help cover the cost as treatment is often deemed medical care in this day and age. Treatment centers are usually very specific in their program, going by the philosophy that the recovering addict needs the support of a firm schedule that includes good nutrition and exercise as well as individual counseling and group therapy.

Upon arrival at most treatment centers, the addict will check in and remain there for an agreed upon amount of time which is usually whatever time period their health insurance provider has agreed to help pay for. That time period is typically from a week to 30 days or even three to six months in some severe cases of addiction. This time is set aside to allow the addict to be isolated from the stresses and pressures of day to day life as well as being cut off from any access to drugs, alcohol or whatever their particular addiction may be.

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