National survey reveals college ‐student mental health diagnosis increase
Mental health diagnoses have increased substantially for college students, as well as treatment, while mental health stigma has decreased, according to researchers of a new study that documented population ‐level trends in mental health service use by students over 10 years. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Arizona moves to managed care delivery integrated care system
Nearly a month and a half into its new integrated care delivery system for Medicaid beneficiaries, Arizona officials say the transition, in the works for two years, is moving forward smoothly. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research
In Case You Haven't Heard
There's actual scientific proof that voting is stress ‐inducing, according to research published in 2011 by researchers at Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) who determined that voting is a stressful event and induces measurable hormonal changes, according to a Nov. 4 university press release. “Our data demonstrated that elections are excit ing, yet stressful events, and it is this stress that raises the cortisol levels of voters,” according to Professor Hagit Cohen from the Anxiety and Stress Research Unit at BGU's Faculty of Health Sciences. “Faced with stressful experiences such as uncertainty or novelty...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: In Case You Haven't Heard Source Type: research
Coming Up
TheNational Council for Behavioral Health is hosting its annual conference, NatCon 19,March 25 ‐27, 2019, inNashville, Tenn. For more information, visitwww.thenationalcouncil.org. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Conferences & Events Source Type: research
Sandra L. Shullman, Ph.D., named as 2020 president of the American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association (APA) has namedSandra L. Shullman, Ph.D., a consulting psychologist internationally known in leadership assessment and development, as 2020 president of the APA, officials announced Nov. 8. Shullman, who is a partner in the Columbus, Ohio, office of the Executive Development Group, manages large, long ‐term global organizational client engagements, focusing on executive education and coaching, strategic leadership development and organizational diversity initiatives. She is a senior lecturer for the HEC School of Business in Paris, Shanghai, Beijing and Qatar, and part of the Duke U...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Names in the News Source Type: research
S.C. lawmakers investigating drowning of MH patients
A road barricade and an S.C. National Guard truck did not stop two Horry County Sheriff's Department deputies from driving a van into a flood in September, leaving two female mental ‐health patients trapped inside to drown, S.C. lawmakers heard on Nov. 7, theIndependent Mail reported. But it was not just the two deputies who put Nicolette “Nikki” Green, 43, and Wendy Newton, 45, at death's door, their families said. The state's entire mental‐health system failed the two women, they added. “Two women needlessly lost their lives,” state Sen. Marlon Kimpson, D‐Charleston, said Nov. 7. “We must take these death...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: State News Source Type: research
California voters approve use of MH dollars for low ‐income housing
Proposition 2 was approved by California voters last week. It allows the state to use $2 billion in bonds to build housing for homeless people that includes mental health care, Capital Public Radio reported Nov. 7. Proposition 2 passed with 60 percent of the vote. The money for the bonds was originally approved to pay for mental health services, not housing. Supporters of Proposition 2 on the Nov. 6 ballot said that while the Proposition 63 tax on income exceeding $1 million has resulted in a huge benefit for mental health service enhancement, the problem of homelessness has only worsened since the Mental Health Services A...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: State News Source Type: research
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Mental Health Weekly,Volume 28, Issue 42, Page 7-7, 5 November 2018. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
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Violent history of patient at Kansas City MH center leads to lawsuit
Mental Health Weekly,Volume 28, Issue 42, Page 8-8, 5 November 2018. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
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Massachusetts regional effort better equips officers for BH disorders
Mental Health Weekly,Volume 28, Issue 42, Page 8-8, 5 November 2018. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
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Report sheds light on economic burden of veterans with TRD
Mental Health Weekly,Volume 28, Issue 42, Page 7-8, 5 November 2018. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Source Type: research
Minnesota organizations honored for becoming tobacco ‐free
Mental Health Weekly,Volume 28, Issue 42, Page 5-6, 5 November 2018. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Source Type: research
MHA's State of MH report reveals gaps remain in access to care
Mental Health Weekly,Volume 28, Issue 42, Page 3-4, 5 November 2018. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Source Type: research
California voters this week consider using mental health funds for housing
Mental Health Weekly,Volume 28, Issue 42, Page 1-7, 5 November 2018. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gary Enos Source Type: research
North Carolina to shift Medicaid program to managed care delivery system
Mental Health Weekly,Volume 28, Issue 42, Page 1-3, 5 November 2018. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Source Type: research
