Category
Mental health
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AHCJ to track access problems in real time – with your help
AHCJ’s Right to Know Committee is launching a new strategy for tracking and combating the obstacles that health care reporters…
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Discussions include treatment of mental health issues behind bars
A multi-partisan discussion of criminal justice reform — among Democrats, Republicans and billionaire philanthropists ranging from the libertarian Koch Brothers…
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Intersection of mental health, law enforcement complex, changing
A Philadelphia police officer’s recent, fatal shooting of 27-year-old Walter Wallace Jr., as he wielded a knife, dramatized how, according…
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New core topic leader explores importance of mental and behavioral health coverage
Coming up in my particular neighborhood in Little Rock, Ark., one of my dearest childhood friends was a boy we…
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NIH leader to headline Journalism Summit on Infectious Disease
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, will be a featured speaker at the Association of Health Care…
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New poll looks at the consequences of social isolation on older adults
Most older adults say they’re more lonely than ever and have little contact with friends or neighbors due to the…
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New tip sheet looks at mental health effects of COVID-19 on older adults
The COVID-19 pandemic has put us all under tremendous stress. Social isolation, loneliness, fear of getting sick, an uncertain economy…
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Study to investigate adolescent mental health during the pandemic
Much advice has appeared in the media over the past two months about how to manage anxiety, depression and other…
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Report shows health insurers are failing to comply with mental health parity laws
A recent report indicates that health insurers are failing to comply with mental health parity laws for people with employer-sponsored…
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Memory cafes provide a welcoming place for those with dementia
Are you familiar with the concept of memory cafes? If not you should learn more, because there’s likely one in…