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Mental health best practices recordings available to membership
Story Links To support NCAA members in the implementation of mental health best practices, the NCAA Sport Science Institute hosted a series of webinars featuring membership-based examples of ways to consider supporting and promoting student-athlete mental health. The SSI Spotlight on Mental Health Best Practices included five sessions that highlighted practical, campus-based implementation strategies and…
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Grieving and angry, Maine residents demand change after mass killing
LEWISTON, Maine — Slowly, Jenna Guiggey’s regulars were starting to return, ordering cold brews and pumpkin spice lattes. Two settled into her wooden chairs, a vision approaching normalcy. Guiggey, the 32-year-old owner of Blue Jay Coffee, wondered: Did they need help? It had been five days since police found the body of the gunman who…
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I can’t help but follow graphic images from Israel-Hamas war. I should know better.
Like many, I’ve recently been using social media to follow the war in the Middle East. As a habit, following news like this makes a certain amount of sense – social media has often been one of the better sources for breaking information on emerging crises. Many aspects of this war are unique, but what is increasingly…
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Some Psychiatrists Have Started Prescribing Ozempic
Doctors say the diabetes medication, and drugs like it, could counteract the weight patients gain on antipsychotics and antidepressants. It was Joanna Acevedo’s psychiatrist who first raised the idea of a weight-loss drug. Since 2018, Ms. Acevedo has relied on antipsychotic medications to manage her bipolar disorder. The drugs kept her paranoia at bay —…
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Fall clock changes could bring mental health challenges
This weekend Marylanders will move their clocks back to Daylight Standard Time, once again fussing with their circadian rhythm and causing some health effects. While moving from Daylight Saving to Daylight Standard Time affords residents one extra hour of sleep, the change in how we perceive sunlight can cause some mental health issues. “There are…
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Healthcare leaders in the Ozarks focusing on employee mental health amid a rise in stress and patient aggression
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – A rise of patient aggression and stress in hospitals, and other care facilities, has healthcare leaders talking about how to better address the mental health of healthcare workers. It’s something emergency room staff like John Spire, clinical nursing manager of Mercy’s Emergency Department, never thought he’d have to deal with. “I…
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Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions ⋆ Michigan Advance
More than a dozen states now have near-total abortion bans following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, with limited medical exceptions meant to protect the patient’s health or life. But among those states, only Alabama explicitly includes “serious mental illness” as an allowable exception. Meanwhile, 10 states with near-total abortion bans (Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia…
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Medicare Expands the Roster of Available Mental Health Professionals
Lynn Cooper was going through an awful time. After losing her job in 2019, she became deeply depressed. Then the covid-19 pandemic hit, and her anxiety went through the roof. Then her cherished therapist — a marriage and family counselor — told Cooper she couldn’t see her once Cooper turned 65 and joined Medicare. “I…
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Mental health: Killer’s mum calls for probe into son’s care errors
Family handout By Rebecca Woods & Andy Giddings BBC News, West Midlands The mum of a schizophrenic man who killed a friend after an early release from a secure hospital has called for an inquiry into medics’ errors. Ryan Willden fatally stabbed Mark Hoof and seriously hurt his partner in 2021. Three months earlier, Willden…
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Catcliffe flooding victims offered mental health support
Malik Walton / BBC Mental health support has been offered to people affected by flooding in South Yorkshire after Storm Babet About 250 homes were evacuated in Catcliffe, near Rotherham, following the heavy rainfall in October. NHS Rotherham Talking Therapies is offering residents help for post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and other conditions. Jemma Dixon,…
