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How to Wash Your Hands Correctly

| 3:34 PM

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Washing your hands is one of the most effective ways to protect yourself from getting sick, but you have to do it regularly and correctly. As simple as it sounds, here are instructions.

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VIDEO: County Announces Innovative Substance Abuse Program at Psychiatric Hospital

| 4:39 PM

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A new program will help connect patients at the County Psychiatric Hospital with substance abuse treatment. It’s called the Accelerated Connections To Treatment Program, and details were announced today.

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VIDEO: This Man’s Heart Stopped Beating. Here’s Why He’s Alive Today.

| 1:59 PM

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When someone goes into cardiac arrest, seconds can be the difference between life and death. The County’s Public Access Defibrillator Program makes Automated External Defibrillators, or AEDs, accessible in public and private places where large numbers of people gather. AEDs restart a heart that has stopped beating. They save lives, and no one knows that better than a group of co-workers in one downtown San Diego County office.

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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.