Category Archives: Mental Health

PRESS RELEASE While the number of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits across the nation has remained stable over the last 10 years, visits for mental health disorders have risen 60% and the rate of visits for deliberate self-harm have increased 329%. Continue reading →

Michael G. Continue reading →

Within the first month of its launch, the states new mental health support line received nearly 2,000 calls from Texans in 100 counties who were experiencing fears of getting sick, feelings of isolation from social distancing and anxiety over a crashing economy caused by the coronavirus pandemic. One call came from an 87-year-old woman living at an assisted living facility who said she felt frustrated about not being able to be near her loved ones. Continue reading →

Giselle has lost it. Her beloved Albrecht has deceived her and is betrothed to another woman Continue reading →

Author - Search by Author - Adele L. Towers, MD, MPH, FACP Alixis Smith Allen R Continue reading →

WASHINGTON, May 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Council for Behavioral Health today began distributing 2.3 million surgical face masks to mental health and addiction treatment organizations unable to acquire personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect staff. "Our member organizations are on the frontlines and risk exposure to the coronavirus every day as they treat those living with mental health and substance use challenges," National Council for Behavioral Health President and CEO Chuck Ingoglia said. "Clinicians are going out to meet clients where they are, whether it's at their homes or in public places on the streets, so we launched a massive effort to find PPE and address an enormous need for the life-saving equipment." A survey of National Council members in April found only 7% of community behavioral health care organizations had enough PPE to last the next two months, while 86% said they didn't have enough PPE and 8% were unsure. Continue reading →

The world is experiencing a level of collective distress that has never been seen before, due to COVID-19. People are quarantining, spending days upon days and weeks upon weeks inside their homes and doing their best to avoid the spread of the coronavirus Continue reading →

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Mike & Sherry Project, a pilot program designed to make mental health care more accessible to members of the Austin service industry, is opening its resources to all members of the Austin bar and restaurant community impacted by COVID-19. The Project was envisioned by local restaurateur Sam Hellman-Mass, owner of Austin-based Suerte, in partnership with Capital Area Counseling, (CAC), which has provided low-cost, effective and accessible counseling to Central Texans for 40 years. CAC is offering low-cost tele-therapy services to members of the Austin bar and restaurant industry, regardless of employment status due to dining room closures with help from the fundraising efforts of the Mike & Sherry Project Continue reading →

PENDLETON Most afternoons, Jenni Beth Brock sits down at her bedroom desk, powers up her laptop, slips on a pair of headphones and gets to work. Brock, of Boardman, answers calls for the David Romprey Oregon Warmline as a peer support operator. She spends her days helping people deal with anxiety, depression, loneliness and worry Continue reading →

May 12, 2020 09:15 ET | Source: Northeast Business Group on Health NEW YORK, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- With demand for mental health services reaching unprecedented levels amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Northeast Business Group on Health (NEBGH) and One Mind PsyberGuide today released Digital Tools and Solutions for Mental Health, a comprehensive employer guide that provides HR and benefits leaders with the information they need to assess and select digital mental health solutions for their employees. Continue reading →