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Morristown Memorial Hospital was designated for the third time as a Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence, the highest honor a hospital can attain for nursing and a distinction shared by only around five percent of hospitals nationwide. Magnet status, which the hospital has held for the last eight years, demonstrates Morristown Memorial’s quality patient care; nursing excellence; and innovations in professional nursing practice, and is based on quality indicators and standards of nursing practice as defined by the American Nurses Association. The hospital was also recently lauded as one of only 25 hospitals in the US recognized by the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program for achieving exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care. |
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If this time of year brings out feelings of anxiety, loss of energy, fatigue and lack of interest in activities once enjoyed, it may be more than cabin fever getting you down. During the cold, wintry months, about one in 10 people may be affected by seasonal affective disorder or SAD, a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year. The good news is that you don’t have to tough it out on your own. Morristown Memorial Hospital offers a variety of behavioral health programs to help people with depression. For more information, please call 1-888-247-1400. |
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Depression Programs and Screenings
Education and prevention can keep you and your loved ones healthy. We invite you to take advantage of the programs, support groups and screenings available. Unless otherwise noted, to register for any of these programs call 1-888-281-2085 Monday through Thursday between 8:30am to 8:00pm and Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm, or sign-up online at Atlantic Health’s classes and events registration; all programs are free unless a fee is indicated.
Hand in Hand: Individual Art Therapy Sessions
for Adults or Children with Special Needs
This private, creative art therapy session with an art therapist is for children and adults with special needs (physical or emotional). Art therapy helps enhance cognition, range of motion, and improve sense of control. It can increase coping mechanisms and offer emotional support. Clients will explore a variety of media and learn about the creative process. Wheelchair accessible; registration is required; materials are provided.
Fee: $85 per session
By appointment only
Atlantic Mind Body Center, First Floor, 95 Mount Kemble Avenue, Morristown, NJ
Presenter: Maria Lupo, MFA
For more information and to schedule an appointment, please call 973-971-4769.
New Beginnings Postpartum Support Group for Moms
Support group for new moms experiencing depression. All attendees must make an evaluation appointment prior to participation. To schedule an appointment for an evaluation, please call 973-971-4765.
Tuesdays, 10:30am to Noon
Atlantic Rehabilitation Institute, Sixth Floor, 95 Mount Kemble Avenue, Morristown, NJ
Bereavement Support Group
This eight-week program is for individuals who have lost a loved one due to cancer.
Third Tuesday of each month, 5:30 to 7:00pm
Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Morristown Memorial Hospital
Third Floor Conference Room
Presenter: Judy Pedersen, LSW
For more information and to register, please call 973-224-6900.
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Depressed People Can't Hold Onto Happiness...
SOURCES: Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., director, Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior, and professor, psychology and psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Eva E. Redei, Ph.D., David Lawrence Stein Professor of Psychiatry, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago; Dec. 21, 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, online
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MONDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- It's not that depressed people can't feel good, it's that they can't hang on to that feeling, a new study claims.
The novel notion upends previous beliefs that depressed people don't even start out with positive emotions, and that they have no or little... |
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Study identifies those elderly most at risk for major depression...
NewsRx.com
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University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have pinpointed the prime factors identifying which elderly persons are at the highest risk for developing major depression (see also University of Rochester Medical Center).
The researchers, led by Jeffrey M. Lyness, M.D., professor of ... |
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Tips to Fight Depression And Winter Blues...
The Dallas Morning News
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| 1/6/2010 |
You've made it through the thrills and chills of the holiday season. Now you have the bills.
And we're not just talking about the money. We're talking about the deflation and sadness that can be the emotional price of putting off time to reflect as you ricochet from one festive obligatio... |
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