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Posted on January 07th, 2019
Overshadowed by Opioids, Meth is Back and Hospitalizations SurgeFeatured Articles
Anna Gorman | Kaiser Health News
A study shows a 245 percent jump in meth-related hospitalizations between 2008 and 2015—much higher than for opioids.
Posted on December 10th, 2018
Tackling the Mental Health Epidemic with Telehealth Can Journaling Improve Your Mental Health?Featured Articles
Derek Richards, PhD | Health IT Outcomes
Is telehealth the key to overcoming the provider shortages, high costs and stigma that plague behavioral health care?
Serena Dorf |...
Posted on November 13th, 2018
Kennedy Forum Launches Campaign Against Insurance Denials ...Featured Articles
Tina Reed | Fierce Healthcare
Former congressman and mental health care advocate Patrick Kennedy is working to unite behavioral health patients in a coordinated campaign to push back on insurance company denials.
Posted on October 29th, 2018
AI's Potential to Diagnose and Treat Mental Illness ...Featured Articles
Parie Garg and Sam Glick | Harvard Business Review
Artificial intelligence offers patients the anonymity they often seek and lowers the costs of treatment, in addition to speeding up the process and improving the likelihood of positive outcomes.
Posted on October 15th, 2018
Mental Health Crisis Could Cost the World $16 Trillion by 2030 ...Featured Articles
Kate Kelland | Reuters
The Lancet Commission says mental health disorders are on the rise everywhere in the world, creating trillions in additional costs that stem mostly from indirect results like lost productivity.
Posted on October 02nd, 2018
One in Three College Freshmen Reports Mental Health DisorderFeatured Articles
Randy Auerbach | American Psychological Association
Roughly 14,000 first-year students from...
Posted on September 17th, 2018
AI's Role In the Push for Suicide Prevention ...Featured Articles
Janae Sharp | Healthcare Analytics News
Artificial intelligence requires data to function as a suicide prevention tool. By starting with basic facts—rural or urban—and adding what else is known, data science can illuminate hard-to-identify risks.
Posted on September 04th, 2018
A Reminder That Addiction Is an Illness, Not a Character FlawFeatured Articles
Lindsay Holmes | HuffPost
The relapse rate for those living with addiction is 40 to 60 percent, demonstrating that overcoming cravings and dependence is a daily battle for control, not a single epic conflict.
Posted on August 20th, 2018
We Need a Focus on Mental Health, Not Just Violence in Schools ...Featured Articles
Noah Rue | The Doctor Weighs In
Most violence is perpetrated by people who don't have a mental illness, so focusing on the mentally ill to prevent violence ends up being both stigmatizing and ineffective.
Posted on August 06th, 2018
The Boons of—and Barriers to—Behavioral Health Integration ...Featured Articles
Les Masterson | Healthcare Dive
A Colorado healthcare program focused on proactively integrating physical and behavioral health saved Medicare and Medicaid more than $1 million. Is this the future of healthcare?
Posted on July 23rd, 2018
Better Behavioral Health Access Is an Election-Year Imperative ...Featured Articles
Carmela Coyle and Jessica Cruz | Modern Healthcare
Behavioral Health Action, a newly created advocacy group in California, is working to make better mental health care a key issue in the upcoming gubernatorial election.
Posted on July 09th, 2018
The U.S. Is Failing at Mental Health CareFeatured Articles
Linda Girgis, MD | KevinMD.com
Why do so many not get the care they need? Many mental health care providers now only accept cash, while most mental health patients can't afford to pay out of pocket.
Posted on June 18th, 2018
Internet Addiction May Increase Risk of SuicidalityFeatured Articles
Psychiatric News
Is the internet like a drug? For those with internet addiction disorder or internet gaming disorder, it's a similar influence that also elevates suicidal thoughts among those afflicted.
Posted on June 04th, 2018
The Largest Health Disparity We Don't Talk About ...Featured Articles
Dhruv Khullar | New York Times
What's the most reliable indicator of premature death? More than race, ethnicity, geography and socioeconomic status, serious mental illness identifies who will die unnaturally early.
Posted on May 21st, 2018
Bill Allowing Behavioral Health EHR Incentives Passes SenateFeatured Articles
Elizabeth Snell | EHR Intelligence
The federal government has disbursed more than $38...
Posted on April 20th, 2018
Is Technology Good or Bad for Mental Health?Featured Articles
Noah Rue | The Doctor Weighs In
Yes, there are a number of legitimate reasons to be concerned about the negative impact of technology on mental health, but labeling tech as uniformly bad ignores many identifiable upsides.
Posted on March 23rd, 2018
5 Ways Drugs and Alcohol Affect Your Mental HealthFeatured Articles
Andrew Macia | The Doctor Weighs In
Many use drugs and alcohol as a way to self medicate and manage stress,...
Posted on March 12th, 2018
What Happened When a Prison System Offered Addiction Treatment?Featured Articles
Andrew Joseph | STAT Health
A study showed recently released inmates are 130 times more likely than the general population to overdose in the two weeks after release. Rhode Island decided to try and change those outcomes.
Posted on February 26th, 2018
Smartphone Syndrome: A Millennial Mental Health CrisisFeatured Articles
Thomas G. Kimball, PhD | The Doctor Weighs In
Are smartphones a good example of technological progress that improves society? If they are, is the rapid and unmanaged growth of such devices a net positive?
Posted on February 12th, 2018
Why Don't Americans Get Regular Mental Health Checkups? It's ComplicatedFeatured Articles
Nicole Spector | NBC News
Mental illness costs...
Posted on January 29th, 2018
Worsening Anxiety May Be Early Sign of Alzheimer'sFeatured Articles
Janice Wood | PsychCentral
Research suggests deposits in the brain manifest first as anxiety and depression, with later potential to develop into cognitive impairment and perhaps Alzheimer’s.
Posted on January 16th, 2018
Ignoring Your Mental Health Is Risky BusinessFeatured Articles
Greg Smith, MD | KevinMD.com
No, human beings are not machines, but there is a price to be paid for failing to maintain both. Take care of yourself to lessen the potential for a dramatic breakdown.
Posted on January 03rd, 2018
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?Featured Articles
Jean M. Twenge | The Atlantic
Use of smartphones quietly exceeded 50 percent of the...
Posted on December 11th, 2017
How the Loss of U.S. Psychiatric Hospitals Led to a Mental Health Crisis ...Featured Articles
Samantha Rafelson | NPR.org
Earlier reductions in psychiatric beds has given rise to more homeless, increased pressure on emergency rooms, and more frequent incarceration of the mentally ill.
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