Results tagged “mentalhealth”

According to the Daily News, there were 260 new cases of the syphilis in NYC during the first quarter of 2007 compared with 128 cases during the same [period last year.

Oh, Fred the Cat, how we miss stories about you! The legacy of Fred is mentioned as the NY Times updates what's happening with the fake vet the undercover kitty cat helped bust.

but a very reliable source on comedy assures us that "it's the funniest movie ever." While the officials from Kazakhstan may not be happy about how their people are being satirized, it's just the kind of humor that appeals to us young urban professionals. So get your tickets for this weekend early, it's sure to be hugely popular at the cineplex.

Clearly, this is a way to drum up business for the DMHH's safety courses. The real question is will restaurants like Le Bernardin, Jean-Georges, Alain Ducasse, Bouley, and Daniel want to put a sticker like that in their restaurant? It might be a good tool for small restaurants, but for bigger, high-end ones where health and safety are assumed, this is an interesting question. Perhaps if one restaurateur decides to go for it, others will follow.

What would be interesting is to see if there was a jumped due to the number of NYU students who are upset about the recent suicides now racing to the Mental Health services for some 'scripts. At any rate, while these stats seem alarming, Gothamist feels that counseling and treating depression constructively and in the context of mental health professionals can only be a good thing.

New Yorkers like to name their dogs Max, Lucky, and Princess according to information released from the Department of Mental Health and Hygeine. However, this is only based on licensed dogs, which number 100,000, while the estimated number is 500,000. Health department spokeswoman Sandra Mullin tells the Daily News, "The names reveal an uncharacteristic lack of imagination for New Yorkers," but wonders what names would rise to the top if the other 400,000 dogs were licensed.

The Department of Mental Health and Hygeine has fined 524 NYC restaurants for violating the new no-smoking laws between May 1 and August 29. The Post reports that 40 of those restaurants are three time violators, which means they could be shut down. Some establishments (like movie theaters) are being ticketed for not having proper signage. Which may be why, as the Daily News says, why Blue Hill was fined as it doesn't seem like a place one would have smoked in pre-smoking ban in our book. The Health Department points out the fact that only a small fraction of the city's restaurants were fined shows many restaurants are complying.

It's a cup half-full or half-empty situation: Cocaine and heroin abuse-related visits have gone down in New York emergency rooms, however prescription narcotics painkiller abuse has skyrocketed. A report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says that at 30 local hospitals, 2000-2002, "showed abuse of narcotic pain relievers jumped 79 percent, but cocaine and heroin abuse dropped about 9 percent." Leah Young, the report's author, notes while national cocaine abuse rose, in New York cocaine abuse dropped. She tells the Post, "That could mean there's less cocaine use in New York City or it could mean other things." Ha - like New Yorkers can handle their crack better or something? Nice one, Young, Gothamist can read between the lines.

The Big Apple isn't just phat - we're also fat. The City's Department of Hygiene and Mental Health says one out of six New Yorkers is obsese and half are overweight. There are socio-economic correlations (African-Americans, Hispanics, and those making under $25,000 skewed towards obesity) and the figures are also broken down by borough: Bronx had an obesity rate of 24%, Brooklyn 20%, Staten Island 18%, Queens 16%, and Manhattan 13%. (The national obesity rate is 21%.) Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion and Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz both coordinated borough-wide weight loss programs in the past years.

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