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Mashup Score: 06 Essential Supports for Behavioral Health Crisis Responders - 1 day(s) ago
Cities and counties seeking to implement alternative response teams for mental health emergencies can support these efforts by improving other aspects of their crisis care systems, according to a recent report from the Texas-based Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute.
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Mashup Score: 0Health Care Providers Face Rising Preteen Suicide Rates - 3 day(s) ago
When she was getting ready for her first day as a mental health therapist at an elementary school near Washington, D.C., Stacey Baxter—now a senior associate with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ suicide risk reduction project, which is working to improve suicide screening and care—thought she was prepared.
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More than 70 million adults in the United States are living with a disability, which may include physical, sensory, cognitive, developmental, or intellectual difficulties. Research shows that this population is at an increased risk for substance use disorders (SUDs) and suicidality (which is thinking about, planning, and/or attempting suicide).
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When public health agencies lack access to clinical data, illnesses spread undetected, the health system becomes overburdened, and health care costs, illnesses, and deaths rise. The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, and the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrate shortcomings in the collection of public health data and their ramifications.
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For Adam, drinking alcohol was like turning on a Christmas tree. “My brain would light up and I’d want more and more,” he said in an interview with The Pew Charitable Trusts. “But taking naltrexone, it’s like someone unplugged the tree. It never lights up.”
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Mashup Score: 1From Lab to Life: The Forgotten Organ That Built You - 6 day(s) ago
In this episode of our “From Lab to Life” series, Geetu Tuteja describes how her lab at Iowa State University is working to better understand the placenta’s functions and why placental disorders start. She also discusses how her background in genomics and computational biology informs the way she conducts her research.
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Mashup Score: 0Health Care Providers Face Rising Preteen Suicide Rates - 7 day(s) ago
When she was getting ready for her first day as a mental health therapist at an elementary school near Washington, D.C., Stacey Baxter—now a senior associate with The Pew Charitable Trusts’ suicide risk reduction project, which is working to improve suicide screening and care—thought she was prepared.
Source: www.pew.orgCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet
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More than 70 million adults in the United States are living with a disability, which may include physical, sensory, cognitive, developmental, or intellectual difficulties. Research shows that this population is at an increased risk for substance use disorders (SUDs) and suicidality (which is thinking about, planning, and/or attempting suicide).
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Mashup Score: 0Are the Kids All Right? - 7 day(s) ago
According to Pew Research Center, 55% of U.S. parents report being extremely or very concerned about the mental health of teens today.
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Mashup Score: 0States Must Modernize Public Health Data Reporting—New Report Finds Promising Practices - 8 day(s) ago
Infectious diseases can move fast, spreading from person to person within days or sometimes mere hours. To effectively identify and reduce the spread of communicable diseases and other health threats, public health departments need timely, standardized, and complete data from doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers. But this critical information is often incorrect, delayed, or simply unavailable, and a new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts helps shed some light on why.
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What happens after a crisis team responds to someone facing a mental health or substance use emergency? @MeadowsInst research shows many communities have few options to connect people to same-day treatment or long-term care. https://t.co/9siVPXU4d8