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How lack of independent play is impacting children’s mental health
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with research professor Peter Gray about the connection between the decline of children’s mental health and the decline of independent play.
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Lewiston gunman’s mental health was deteriorating prior to shooting, documents show
Law enforcement in Maine received multiple reports in recent months of the Lewiston gunman’s paranoia and deteriorating mental health, including fears that he might “snap and commit a mass shooting.”
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Medicare to Broaden Access to Mental Health Care in 2024
Medicare is set to expand its coverage of mental health care services to include marriage and family therapists as well as mental health counselors beginning in January 2024. The move, which was announced in July, is a big change for Medicare that has for decades limited mental health care coverage to services provided by psychiatrists,…
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Governor, lawmakers need to take action on Oregon kids’ mental health, advocate says
One in 4 Oregon youth ages 12-17 have experienced a “major depressive episode” in the last 12 months — the second-highest rate in the country, according to the state One out of four Oregon youth ages 12-17 have experienced a “major depressive episode” in the last 12 months —the second-highest rate in the country, according…
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NYC Health + Hospitals Expands Services for People Impacted by Domestic and Gender Based Violence, Opens Two New Specialized Mental Health Clinics – NYC Health + Hospitals
NYC Health + Hospitals Expands Services for People Impacted by Domestic and Gender Based Violence, Opens Two New Specialized Mental Health Clinics The clinics will be able to serve 3,000 patients each year Oct 31, 2023 NYC Health + Hospitals Chief Medical Officer Dr. Machelle Allen, NYC Health + Hospitals Co-Deputy Chief Medical Officer and…
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Former chief justice to discuss mental health
NEWBURYPORT — Amesbury’s Link House is offering a community gathering about the important issue of mental health on Nov. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Newburyport Senior/Community Center, 331 High St., Newburyport. Speaker John T. Broderick Jr., a former chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, will be shining a spotlight on the mental…
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Maine lawmaker proposes to cut red tape so more mental health facilities can open in state
PORTLAND (WGME) – A Maine lawmaker is proposing to cut the red tape so that more mental health facilities can open in the state. State Representative Laurel Libby (R-Auburn) says she’s been a nurse for 20 years in Maine and sees the need for mental health help firsthand. She says her bill, “An Act to…
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AI Jobs Are Paying More, Top Employers For Women And Founders Talk Mental Health
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Here is the published version of this week’s Forbes Careers newsletter, which brings the latest news and ideas about the world of work and advice for accelerating your career straight to your inbox every Tuesday. Click here to get on the newsletter list! I’m sure we…
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Tennessee man with mental health issues ‘needlessly shot and killed’ by Nashville police, family says
A Tennessee man was “needlessly shot and killed” by police, family lawyers said Monday, in a confrontation captured on an officer’s body camera which appears to show the man on his back when he was fatally wounded. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department officers went to a a home on Split Oak Trail in Antioch on Oct.…
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Figure skating: Amber Glenn on mental health, body image and being ‘the only one on the ice’
Glenn on mental health as a human right Glenn has persevered in a sport where many are retired by her age. Because of that, her maturity and breadth of experience have allowed her to tackle issue after issue – both the big and the small. “[I’ve learned] it’s not about ‘what can I do right…
