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VIDEO: Toolkit supports access to mental health care for health care workers
NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Stefanie Simmons, MD, FACEP, chief medical officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation, discusses the Frontline Connect toolkit.
Risk for premature death, suicide significantly higher following psychiatric discharge
Individuals discharged from psychiatric inpatient care appeared vulnerable to premature death and suicidal behavior, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Q&A: How physicians can better support pregnant patients’ mental health
As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, Shama Rathi, MD, spent her time treating children for mental health issues, but she discovered that most of what she was seeing started with a lack of mental health care for their mothers.
CDC: Suicides made up majority of violent deaths in 2021
In the United States, 41,116 people died by suicide in 2021, making suicides the leading type of violent death that year, MMWR data showed.
Higher vitamin D levels linked to improved mental health
CHICAGO — Vitamin D levels may be associated with mental health — particularly, depressive symptoms, according to research presented at the annual NUTRITION meeting.
Children treated for OSA less likely to have mental health care visits
Children with obstructive sleep apnea treated with adenotonsillectomy/positive airway pressure faced reduced odds for mental health care visits vs. before treatment, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Clearmind Medicine obtains rights to psychedelic compounds to treat PTSD, mental health
Clearmind Medicine, a clinical-stage biotech company, has attained exclusive global rights to develop, produce and commercialize compounds designed to treat PTSD and other mental health conditions, according to a press release.