The long term impact of the Black Summer bushfires on emergency volunteers has revealed significant mental health problems among first responders, many of whom thought they would die fighting the fires. In what is likely to be a ground-breaking study of volunteers, the report also raises issues about the effectiveness of community and workplace mental … Read more
Tajikistan is transforming its health system to accelerate progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). For the last two decades, the country has been undertaking significant reforms to shift towards a Primary Health Care (PHC) approach with a strong family medicine focus conducive to strengthening the health system to attain its objectives of ‘health for all’. … Read more
Harvard’s Arab Alumni Association has appealed for donations to help students’ mental health after they were subjected to ‘relentless bullying and intimidation’ for blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks of October 7. The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee issued a letter on October 7, co-signed by 33 other Harvard student organizations, stating: ‘We, the undersigned student … Read more
As mental health programs continue to shutter across Maine, the University of New England is taking strides to address a mental health crisis. With generous financial support from the Judy Glickman Lauder Foundation, UNE plans to launch an innovative psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) program to bolster the state’s behavioral health workforce. The $2 … Read more
JTA —Around 6:30 a.m. on October 7, 2023, Nir, a 16-year-old from the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, woke to the sound of alarms outside her window, alerting her of oncoming rockets. Her city was being attacked by bombs and rockets. She was overwhelmed by panic and the smell of fire. Not long after, all electricity … Read more
© Pormezz – stock.adobe.com There is no single formula for success when physicians and other clinicians integrate mental health care into primary care. Patients could benefit from a seamless system that treats the body and behavioral health. But researchers at the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have found there is no single … Read more
This article originally appeared in Collective Colorado, a publication of The Colorado Trust. Every Monday and Wednesday morning, at a sand-colored storefront along Swink Avenue in Rocky Ford, Colorado, coffee is brewed, donuts are laid out, and members of the agriculture-based community are invited inside the double-wide doors. The interior looks like an oversized living … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Mental health care options expand for the New Year. On December 23, 2022, Congress passed the Mental Health Access Improvement Act (S.828/H.R.432), and President Joe Biden signed this into law. This bill allows licensed professional counselors (LPCs, LCPCs) as well as licensed marriage–family therapists (LMFTs, LCMFTs) to enroll as providers in the Centers … Read more
BY MIKE WARREN EDITOR STEVENS POINT — There were seemingly more questions than answers Oct. 10, at the end of a nearly two-hour discussion by the Portage County Board concerning the health care center. Consultants and county officials gave supervisors various updates regarding a proposed health care center building project and related financing projections. Portage … Read more
Dr. R. Hal Baker, chief information and digital officer at York, Pennsylvania-base WellSpan Health, asks a simple question: “What if?” He does so because, he says, old ways of thinking and doing have become obsolete, and the organization’s teams have been driven to reimagine the way they operate to improve processes. THE PROBLEM “We pride … Read more