Harry Said:

How can I make up clinical hours in mental health, children & maternity nursing in UK to work in USA as a RN?

We Answered:

Maybe you can apply for a student visa in the U.S? Contact colleges if you need to do some extra clinicals. This is the only way they are offered here in the U.S, through schools. You may be wait listed, as it is a popular program in the U.S. If you do not want to get a visa, you may just have to take the regular courses in the U.K. I am sorry I could not be more help, I am a nurse but not an expert in the way the U.K trains their nurses or in foreign nurses taking NCLEX.

Norma Said:

What are some problems or issues, people (including children) with mental health issues suffer?

We Answered:

Overmedication, or unnecessary medication: see pages 22 - 25, at http://w ww.ezy-build.net.nz/~shaneris This needs to be more widely known!

Norma Said:

What is the best resource for questions regarding the Esoteric mental health needs of children?

We Answered:

Well I used to read a lot of books by Tuesday Lobsang Rampa and what he used to say about children (he died in 1981) was that when they acted up and didnt want to go to school they should be forced to go to school as this is what would make them more useful to society.

He also stated that the tv was an idiot box (I wonder what he would have thought about the internet) and that too often children were extremely spoiled and should be made more responsible for their own actions.

If anyone committed suicide then they would be returned once more to the earth under worse circumstances than what they had been living in prior to their suicide.

And he also stated that some people were given disabilities not because of a punishment but because they may have done so well so easily in past lives that they were given a 'handicap' in order to give them something to overcome in life which would earn them more points.

TLRampa said a lot of things that were and are common sense. He was a medical doctor, and a monk.

Stacy Said:

What level of college education would you need to get a career in children mental health?

We Answered:

There are at least 3 different fields that you can go into.

You can become a licensed social worker, specializing in child therapy. For that you would need to complete a 2 year masters level degree.

You can be a psychologist. You would need at least a master's degree, but you'd do better with a Ph.D.

You can be a psychiatrist. You would need a medical degree, and then go on to specialize in psychiatry, and then child psychiatry.

Gregory Said:

Where do people in the State of Connecticut go to get mental health care for children?

We Answered:

Your granddaughter might be able to get into Partial hospital programs or P.H.P. You dont need to be in danger to yourself or anyone. They have group meetings and one on one therapy. I know that Uconn in farmington has that available. Also the Institute of living or I.O.L. has alot of great resources for people in that age. I hope that info can help. I know sometimes it seems noone wants to help. But its just help is hard to find