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mental health
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Time to look at the potential impact of ACA repeal on mental health care
Sarah Ferris has written a new tip sheet for AHCJ members that provides ideas on exploring how partial or complete…
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Geriatric workforce training supports rural elderly
A shortage of qualified geriatric health providers to address the often complex health needs of rural seniors around the United…
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Tip sheet explores the mental health issues of aging prisoners
Our nation’s aging prison population is bringing to the forefront issues of geriatric mental health among inmates. There are no…
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Clinton’s ambitious mental Health Policy plan faces severe shortage of specialists
Hillary Clinton this week unveiled a comprehensive plan to reform how mental health care is delivered in this country. While…
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‘Telemental’ services provide new health care option for older adults
Telehealth services are gaining ground as a means to expand reach and keep health costs down. But what about telemental…
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Medicaid and mental health: A Tennessee approach
Last week we posted an update on mental health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, so let’s follow up with…
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Efforts proceed slowly to expand the mental health coverage gains made in ACA
Congress recently passed a bill to combat opioid abuse (although it’s still fighting over funding it), and there’s a good…
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Media can make a difference in veterans’ health, #AHCJ16 panelists say
The irony was hard not to notice. For more than an hour, an expert panel addressed a roomful of journalists…
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Mental trauma is everywhere, panelists tell AHCJ members
A single tear is okay, but don’t cry. Kathleen Hackett, a sexual assault nurse examiner, recently told AHCJ members that…
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Surgeon general responds to journalists on range of public health issues #AHCJ16
Following his prepared remarks at Health Journalism 2016, United States Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, M.D., M.B.A., (@Surgeon_General) answered some questions…