There are many different types of therapy. Some benefit from outpatient counseling, usually sitting across from a therapist in an office setting, or in a group therapy session, on a weekly or monthly basis. A higher level therapy may be more intensive, meeting three to five times a week. Even more intensive would mean inpatient […]
Natalie Kelly and Stephen Shelley: Florida and Farm Share’s Managing Entities Collaborate on Health Issues of Food Insecurity, Mental Health
Numerous studies have made it clear that food insecurity is linked to increased rates of depression and anxiety. When one of your most basic needs – for nutritious food – remains unfulfilled, your mental health undoubtedly suffers. That’s why Florida’s seven managing entities, which oversee Florida’s behavioral health safety net system, are working with Farm […]
Youth mental health and substance use services receive more than $14 million in funding
MADISON, Wisconsin (WMTV) – More than $14 million will go to Children’s Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to help address the need for immediate support for youth mental health and substance use services. Children’s Wisconsin will receive $5 million from the funds to help grow their youth mental health services and support a new […]
Hadland’s leadership increases access to health care for teens and young adults
Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MSc Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MSc’s record of achievement in the research and treatment of substance use disorders, along with expertise in multiple other areas of adolescent and young adult health, has led to new ideas, programs and initiatives within the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at MassGeneral for […]
Children with rare gene disorders at increased risk of developmental, behavioral and mental health problems
With the advent of rapid whole genome sequencing, it is recommended that children with intellectual disabilities or developmental delays have their DNA sequenced to identify the underlying genetic cause. To take advantage of this recent NHS development, researchers from the University of Cambridge, University College London and Cardiff University have launched IMAGINE ID, a national […]
Young people often feel disabled by mental health professionals
A new study published in Theory and Psychology brought together an interdisciplinary team of academic researchers and young mental health users to explore the role of youth care during routine clinical encounters in mental health emergency services. Analysis of videotaped conversations revealed common ways emergency clinicians undermine young people’s sense of choice. The authors, led […]
Remembrance of the explosion in the port of Beirut two years later
Today is a day of solemnity as the world commemorates the devastating explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, which injured more than 6,500 people and killed more than 200 people. Surrounding neighborhoods — hospitals, schools, businesses and homes — collapsed during the explosion, taking the lives of more than 300,000 people, […]
Get vaccinated for a healthy school year
By Jean Yaeger Kids and teens need up-to-date admissions data to start the new school year, and Cook Children’s doctors are eager to help students catch up on their routine vaccinations. Alice Phillips, MD at Cook Children’s Pediatrics Cityview vaccines mentioned can prevent infectious diseases such as hepatitis, measles and mumps from spreading through the […]
The Decade of Healthy Aging Can’t Ignore the Mental Health of Older Workers
The Decade of Healthy Aging Can’t Ignore the Mental Health of Older Workers Getty Images The UN Decade of Healthy Aging (2021-2030) is underway – the first global effort to help the rapidly growing population of older people stay healthy, independent and productive, not just into their 60s, but into their twenties. eighty, ninety and […]
Lincoln’s passion for houseplants continues to grow
Eva Smith bought her first plant, a peace lily, a few years ago when she was 11. She was at a Christmas parade with her grandmother, she says, and saw it on a stall. “I said I really liked it,” she says. “My grandmother said she would buy it for me because she is quite […]