{"id":63004,"date":"2010-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/ann-varna-garis-named-to-mental-health-association-of-r-i-board-of-directors\/"},"modified":"2010-04-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T00:00:00","slug":"ann-varna-garis-named-to-mental-health-association-of-r-i-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/04\/ann-varna-garis-named-to-mental-health-association-of-r-i-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Varna Garis named to Mental Health Association of R.I. board of directors"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tDighton, Mass. resident has long record of service<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 9, 2010 \u2013 Ann Varna Garis, director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Psychological Consultation Center, has recently been elected to serve on the board of directors for the Mental Health Association of Rhode Island. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe board is a diverse group of individuals, but together we get things done,\u201d said Scotti DiDonato, president of the board of directors for the Mental Health Association of Rhode Island. \u201cAnn has been elected to the board because of her work regarding mental health on the academic level at the 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tAs a board member, Varna Garis is focusing her attention on partnerships with cooperating agencies to expand mental health services. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI feel strongly about helping underserved populations gain access to mental health who otherwise wouldn\u2019t,\u201d says Varna Garis. \u201cVarious issues such as poverty, lack of insurance, and cultural issues make it less likely that particular populations receive assistance. I look forward to changing that.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tThe Dighton, Mass. resident hopes to expand mental health training to interested individuals in the community who are not in a higher education setting. This would provide resources currently in short supply to non-English speaking families in the community. In addition, other modes of service-delivery, such as psycho-educational programs, may be useful to provide mental health services to these populations. <\/p>\n


\nVarna Garis has served as director of the Psychological Consultation Center at 溏心vlog免费B站 and has overseen the research facility since 1994. The center provides clinical training for graduate students working under the supervision of faculty and consulting psychologists. The students provide therapy and other mental health services to clients from Rhode Island and nearby areas.<\/p>\n


\nBy operating on a sliding scale, the Psychological Consultation Center commits to providing affordable services to the community. <\/p>\n


\nThe Mental Health Association of Rhode Island, an affiliate of Mental Health America, provides education and services to the public to prevent mental disorders and offer affordable mental health care for all Rhode Islanders. <\/p>\n


\nFor more information about the association or help with mental illness, visit www. mhari.org. For information regarding 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Psychological Consultation Center, please call 401-874-4263. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dighton, Mass. resident has long record of service KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 9, 2010 \u2013 Ann Varna Garis, director of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Psychological Consultation Center, has recently been elected to serve on the board of directors for the Mental Health Association of Rhode Island. \u201cThe board is a diverse group of individuals, but together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}