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mental health
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Reporting on addiction accurately and ethically
The organization Reporting on Addiction began as a response to what its founders identified as misinformed, harmful coverage of opioid…
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Lack of Medicare Advantage mental health providers means seniors’ needs often go unmet
New study finds people on Medicare Advantage have narrower networks for psychiatric care and more difficulty finding and accessing mental…
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Resilience factors in older women could hold key to better quality of life
Study finds older women with more education and less stress have more resilience in older age.
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‘Jail’ and ‘prison’ aren’t interchangeable, and other stuff journalists should know
Tips for journalists covering how police, judges, jails and prisons handle convicted and criminally charged people with mental illness.
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Tips to help journalists cope with pandemic and other stress
Photo by Karolina Grabowska via pexels.As we enter year three of the pandemic, many journalists continue to search for strategies…
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Libraries as a mental health haven?
Several years ago, I recall talking to a New York friend about how awestruck I was that my hometown library…
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Legacy of Tuskegee and other medical racism lives on today
In two previous posts, I discussed the history of the U.S. Public Health Service study at Tuskegee, 50 years after…
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New U.S. “988” mental health crises hotline debuts Saturday
Tomorrow (July 16) is the official launch date for “988,” which converts the existing 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to…
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Community health workers are key to revamping U.S. mental health care system, AHCJ keynoter and Rand researchers say
Several speakers at AHCJ’s Mental Health Summit lauded the Rand Corp.’s recently released “Transforming Mental Health Care in the United States,” a…
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Study shows that social contact intervention may reduce mental health stigma, suggests solutions journalism ideas
One of the biggest barriers to seeking mental health care is stigma. While I can point to some studies that show this all over the world, the…