Category: Mental Health

  • Rethinking Mental Health in a Post COVID World

    Rethinking Mental Health in a Post COVID World

    Clinical Relevance: There is a growing need for individualized, culturally-sensitive treatment strategies The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the urgency to overhaul global mental health strategies. Experts urge clinicians to take an individualized and culturally sensitive approach to mental health care. This shift in thinking requires a large scale change in professional training and policy. The onset…

  • University of Iowa adds veteran-specific counselor

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  • Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions

    Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions

    More than a dozen states including Idaho 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,…

  • Medical exceptions to abortion bans often exclude mental health conditions

    Published 2023-10-24 05:00 5:00 October 24, 2023 am If you are in need of support, call or text the National Maternal Mental Health Hotline at 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262) for free, confidential and 24/7 support, or dial 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. More than a dozen states now have near-total abortion bans following the overturning of Roe…

  • School of Medicine farmworker mental health project awarded AAMC grant

    School of Medicine farmworker mental health project awarded AAMC grant

    Drs. Kim Roth and Janine Chalk – Photo by John Carrington SAVANNAH – An interprofessional project led by Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) faculty aimed at researching the use of telehealth to help farmworkers access mental health services has been selected for an American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Telehealth Equity Catalyst (TEC) Award.…

  • Expert sheds light on impact of teen violence and social media on children’s mental health

    Expert sheds light on impact of teen violence and social media on children’s mental health

    WASHINGTON (7News) — As you scroll through social media, you’ve seen videos showing racial violence. If it’s on your feed, it’s on your kid’s feed. And it’s mixed in with dance videos, pictures of their friends, and celebrities. “We know that kids and teens spend a lot of time online. The Pew Research Center reported…

  • How climate change is affecting mental health of children

    How climate change is affecting mental health of children

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  • Mental health tools that can help middle schoolers get a better perspective

    Mental health tools that can help middle schoolers get a better perspective

    Excerpted from “MIDDLE SCHOOL SUPERPOWERS: Raising Resilient Tweens in Turbulent Times by Phyllis L. Fagell.” Copyright © 2023. Available from Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. Challenge distorted thinking Tweens think they wouldn’t lie to themselves, but they do. They can catastrophize, think in all-or-nothing terms, jump to conclusions, overgeneralize, discount the…

  • Broomhill: Mental health hospital’s future in doubt

    Broomhill: Mental health hospital’s future in doubt

    James Grant/BBC By Phil Shepka BBC News, Northamptonshire The future of a mental health hospital where staff mimicked a patient behind their back is in doubt. Broomhill in Spratton, Northamptonshire has been issued with a notice proposing to remove its registration by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). An inspection this year found staff had copy…

  • Staffordshire firefighters could help tackle ill mental health

    Staffordshire firefighters could help tackle ill mental health

    Keele University Mental health checks on older people could be carried out by fire and rescue personnel, helping more patients in need, according to researchers. The Keele University academics have worked with the fire service to look at how it and other groups could collaborate to help vulnerable people. The research examined the potential use…