More

Mental Health Experience

Since 1972 Birmingham Maple Clinic's therapists have been providing mental health services designed to meet the needs of individuals, couples, families, groups and the community.

Birmingham Maple Clinic comprises the most highly experienced and qualified professionals in the fields of Psychiatry, Psychology and Social Work. After many years of experience in other agencies, hospitals and private practice, clinicians have chosen to join Birmingham Maple Clinic to continue their advanced professional practices.

The clinic has national accreditation by the Council On Accreditation.
More

Mental Health Update

For informational purposes only, this site provides new information about the many facets of mental health that is continually emerging from around the world. This site will present some of that information, where it comes from, and what its relevance is to
therapy for today's world.

November 30, 2008

SENSE OF PURPOSE PREDICTS MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOLLOWING SEVERE TRAUMA

A strong sense of purpose may be the single most important factor in determining mental health outcomes following serious trauma, new research suggests.

Investigators from Howard University, in Washington, DC, found that, among 259 individuals exposed to at least 1 severe traumatic event, purpose in life was the key predictor of a trauma-exposed individual's ability to maintain a baseline mental health status or recover from a psychiatric illness.
.More