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The Black Youth Mental Health Epidemic: A Crisis in Its Own Right

WEBThe recently released Youth Risk Behavior Survey report shows us that markers of poor mental health, ranging from feelings of hopelessness to suicide …

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A History of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the United States

WEBThe American Academy of Child Psychiatry was founded in 1953. It was preceded by two organizations interested in children's mental health. One such …

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The State of Mental Health of Black Women: Clinical Considerations

WEBBlack individuals are more likely than White individuals to receive diagnoses with poor long-term outcomes. For example, schizophrenia is more likely to be the …

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Understanding Crisis Services: What They Are and When to Access …

WEBThese are crisis professionals, typically therapists or social workers, who will go to an individual in crisis for an onsite assessment. When possible, they will attempt to …

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The Power of Words

WEBWhat we are learning has provided a degree of clarity as to how talking or writing about stressful feelings provides relief. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we are finding …

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Safety Planning: An Essential Feature of Cognitive Behavior …

WEBA safety plan is a critical evidence-based intervention that can reduce suicidal behavior, either as a standalone intervention or as part of a comprehensive …

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Perspectives on Global Women’s Mental Health

WEBAbout 1 in 4 individuals around the world will develop mental illness at some point in their lifetimes. Women are impacted at a higher rate than men, with 1 in 5 …

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Unique Collaborative Care System: Solution to the Youth Mental …

WEBThe 5 Key Elements of Collaborative Care 2. Collaborative care addresses the workforce shortage by streamlining access to care and using data to assess needs …

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Psychiatry for Primary Care: An Update in Behavioral Medicine

WEBNote: This is the first part of a 2-part series covering the “Psychiatry for Non-Psychiatrists: The University of Arizona 2nd Annual Update in Behavioral Medicine for …

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Addressing Poverty and Mental Illness

WEBPoverty in adulthood is linked to depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, psychological distress, and suicide. Poverty affects mental health through an array of …

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Ethical Issues: The Patient’s Capacity to Make Medical Decisions

WEBWright and Roberts 6 advocate the use of the “Four Topics Method” 7 to help with ethical decision-making strategy for patients in a medical setting. With this …

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The Federal Government Ignores the Treatment Needs of …

WEBThe Federal Government Ignores the Treatment Needs of Americans With Serious Mental Illness. April 21, 2016. Elinore F. Mccance-Katz, MD, PhD. Publication. …

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The Upside and Downside of Religion, Spirituality, and Health

WEBIn our view, the best available evidence points to a predominantly positive effect of spirituality/religion on mental health and coping, especially during times of …

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First Responders and Mental Health: When Heroes Need Rescuing

WEBIn a number of studies, first responders showed disturbingly clear outcomes in reference to suicidal ideation. According to the studies, there was a 28% lifetime …

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Mental Illness vs Brain Disorders: From Szasz to DSM-5

WEBDSM-5 clearly states that there is a dysfunction in psychological, biological, or developmental processes that underlie mental functioning, thereby cutting right …

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An Imperfect Guide to Crisis Stabilization Units: Matching the …

WEBA more detailed description of each type of facility can be found in the Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System: Essential Elements, Measurable Standards, and …

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Antidepressants Differ by Long-Term Response in Major Depression

WEBAntidepressants differ in improving symptoms and preventing relapse of major depressive disorder (MDD) over a 2-year period, according to a nation-wide cohort study …

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Religion, Spirituality, and Mental Health

WEBReligion has often been seen by mental health professionals in Western societies as irrational, outdated, and dependency forming and has been viewed to result …

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Unraveling Minds: The Impact of Global Climate Change on …

WEBWildfires pose an escalating public health hazard, as they generate an immense volume of smoke-related pollution, including carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, …

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Inpatient Suicide: Identifying Vulnerability in the Hospital Setting

WEBOf the 35,000 or more suicides per year in the United States, about 1800 (6%) are inpatient suicides. 1 It is estimated that a psychiatric nurse will experience a …

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Empty Words in Psychiatric Records: Where Has Clinical Narrative …

WEBEmpty words and letters. One of the most common documentation shortcuts that offers an illusion of appropriate mental health assessment is the famous triad: no …

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