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The Healing Power of Recreational Therapy

| 8:13 AM

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The San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital has a variety of in-house programs to assist patients in their crisis recovery process. One of the most popular and successful is Recreational Therapy. Whether patients choose painting and ceramics or volleyball and yoga, the joy they feel has real healing power.

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School And Art Find a Home At Edgemoor

| 11:55 AM

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Jesus Montoya was a hard working young man with big dreams when a terrible accident changed everything. He came to Edgemoor Skilled Nursing Facility broken in body and spirit. Over the years, he has found a new passion for living through education and art. This is his story.

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Edgemoor Makes Residents Top Priority

| 11:42 AM

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Michael Jones and his wife Leslie were high school sweethearts. After a lifetime together, she began to slip away and required specialized care. Michael became discouraged as he looked for a 24/7 care facility for Leslie, until he visited Edgemoor Skilled Nursing Facility.

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Compassion is the Prescription for Care at County Psychiatric Hospital

| 1:29 PM

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The County has added more than $54 million to this year’s Behavioral Health Services budget, along with dozens of new positions and investments throughout the county. But, as a visit with the caring and compassionate staff at the County’s Psychiatric Hospital shows, treating mental illness is an extremely complex process and funding is just one of the many challenges.

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VIDEO: Public Health Nurses Respond to Flu Outbreak at Migrant Shelter

| 1:52 PM

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County health care specialists have screened about 15,000 asylum seekers at the local temporary shelter with no signs of a slowdown. When the newest arrivals showed a spike in flu-like symptoms, our Public Health nurses quickly made a plan and made the adjustment.