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Policy Options to Advance Mental Health: Resources …

(8 days ago) WebThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the nation’s mental health. Americans were more likely to report experiencing stress, anxiety, or great sadness compared to people in other countries; …

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2021/policy-options-advance-mental-health-resources-and-tools-state-policymakers

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Policy Issues Mental Health America

(1 days ago) WebMental Health Policy. Mental Health America (MHA) takes a unique approach to policy because MHA believes policy should ask people what they need to live the lives they want and support them in getting there. Recovery is founded on the principle that people can take on meaningful roles in the community when they receive the support they need for

https://www.mhanational.org/policy-issues

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Building Bridges Between Evidence and Policy in Mental Health …

(1 days ago) WebReviews can focus on mental health policies or address how other health or social policies affect people with mental illness or substance use disorders. Submissions can review existing policies, discuss potential benefits and drawbacks of future policy alternatives, or provide historical reviews of lessons learned from past policies

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202100428

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Policy Priorities NAMI

(8 days ago) WebPolicy Priorities. Jump To. Improving Health. Responding to Crises. Stopping Harmful Practices. Supporting Community Inclusion and Non-Discrimination. Public policy impacts people with mental illness in …

https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/Policy-Priorities/

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Mental Health Policy in the Era of COVID-19 Psychiatric Services

(1 days ago) WebThe response to the global COVID-19 pandemic has important ramifications for mental health systems and the patients they serve. This article describes significant changes in mental health policy prompted by the COVID-19 crisis across five major areas: legislation, regulation, financing, accountability, and workforce development. Special …

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000219

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Five Urgent Public Health Policies To Combat The …

(Just Now) WebFive Urgent Public Health Policies To Combat The Mental Health Effects Of COVID-19. Cindy B. Veldhuis. Elizabeth Stuart. M. Daniele Fallin. January 27, 2021 10.1377/forefront.20210122.959001

https://www.healthaffairs.org/content/forefront/five-urgent-public-health-policies-combat-mental-health-effects-covid-19

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Addressing Disparities: Advancing Mental Health Care for All

(3 days ago) WebMental health disparities are significant and easily documented. In this Director’s Message, Dr. Gordon discusses NIMH-funded research that aims to close the gap, ensuring that improved mental health care meets the needs of all Americans. Mail: National Institute of Mental Health Office of Science Policy, Planning, and …

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/director/messages/2020/addressing-disparities-advancing-mental-health-care-for-all-americans

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National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care - SAMHSA

(9 days ago) WebOriginating Office Center for Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Printed 2020. The National Guidelines for Crisis Care – A Best Practice Toolkit advances national guidelines in crisis care within a toolkit that supports program design, development

https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/national-guidelines-for-behavioral-health-crisis-care-02242020.pdf

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Transforming mental health systems globally: principles and …

(9 days ago) Web656 www.thelancet.comVol 402 August 19, 2023. Transforming mental health systems globally: principles and policy recommendations. Vikram Patel, Shekhar Saxena, Crick Lund, Brandon Kohrt, Christian Kieling, Charlene Sunkel, Lola Kola, Odille Chang, Fiona Charlson, Kathryn O’Neill, Helen Herrman. A burgeoning mental health crisis is …

https://mentalhealthforalllab.hms.harvard.edu/sites/projects.iq.harvard.edu/files/mentalhealthlab/files/patel_lancet_health_policy_2023.pdf

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Pandemic-Driven Health Policies To Address Social Needs And …

(Just Now) WebHealth Policy–Led Interventions Targeting Social Determinants Of Health And Social Needs learning programs and placing mental health liaisons for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hpb20220210.360906/

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Mental Health Matters: Policy Framework on Workforce Mental …

(7 days ago) WebOverview . More than 1 in 5 Americans, or 50 million people, live with a mental illness. At the same time, 46% of Americans will meet the criteria for a mental health condition at some point in their lives. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, communities, states and employers were already facing strains on resources and their ability to provide …

https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/mental-health-matters-policy-framework-on-workforce-mental-health

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Public Policy Reports NAMI

(2 days ago) WebThe report explains key trends in mental health policy and offers lessons from NAMI State Organization leaders who played an important role in shaping some of these policies. NAMI State Legislation Report: Trends in State Mental Health Policy (2022) Many significant mental health policy decisions are made at the state-level. NAMI’s State

https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Publications-Reports/Public-Policy-Reports/

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Mental Health Parity NAMI

(6 days ago) WebMental Health Parity Where We Stand NAMI believes that health insurance should provide comprehensive mental health and substance use disorder coverage without arbitrary limits on treatment. NAMI supports establishment and enforcement of laws and policies that ensure parity between mental health and physical health services in all forms of …

https://www.nami.org/Advocacy/Policy-Priorities/Improving-Health/Mental-Health-Parity/

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POLICY OPTIONS ON MENTAL HEALTH - World Health …

(8 days ago) WebEXECUTIVE SUMMARY. This is the final report of the six-year collaboration between the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse and the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform, an initiative of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation aimed at reducing the global burden of mental health through the development and application of …

https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstreams/1091206/retrieve

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The Landscape of School-Based Mental Health Services KFF

(9 days ago) WebBarriers to School-Based Mental Health Services. During the 2021-2022 school year, approximately half of schools reported they strongly (12%) or moderately agreed (44%) they could effectively

https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/the-landscape-of-school-based-mental-health-services/

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Decoupling Crisis Response from Policing — A Step Toward …

(1 days ago) WebContinued reliance on police as mental health first responders in Black and other minority communities leads directly to unnecessary injuries and deaths and increases the stigma against seeking

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2035710

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Integrative Behavioral Health Anxiety and Depression Association …

(1 days ago) WebAn example is in-home treatment to help modify symptoms of panic attacks. Alternative medicine can include a special diet to treat cancer instead of undergoing surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy recommended by a medical doctor. Before beginning CAM or any type of treatment, talk to your mental health provider or primary care doctor.

https://adaa.org/find-help/treatment-help/integrative-behavioral-health

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More mental health services now offered in U.S. public schools

(5 days ago) WebIn 2019-20, middle and high schools were more likely than elementary schools to provide school-based mental health services. Roughly two-thirds of middle (64%) and high schools (65%) offered mental health assessments, while half of elementary schools did so. And 47% of both middle and high schools provided treatment, compared …

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/08/10/just-over-half-of-u-s-public-schools-offer-mental-health-assessments-for-students-fewer-offer-treatment/

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Ethical Exploration of the Least Restrictive Alternative

(4 days ago) Webdeinstitutionalization movement of the mid-1950s, the “least restrictive alternative” has become the central ideology of mental health policies for treating persons with severe and persistent mental illness. Accordingly, the pro-nounced principle of mental health policies is to treat these persons in nonhospital settings, collectively re

https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/pdf/10.1176/appi.ps.54.6.866

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How Police Alternatives to Mental Health Calls Are Growing in the …

(Just Now) WebMeanwhile, the B-HEARD program in New York City, which is just three years old in a diverse city of 8.5 million, responded to roughly a quarter of mental health calls in precincts where it operated in the first half of 2023. Mental health calls make up 10% of all 911 calls in the city, officials have said. In Denver, a study of the city’s

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/03/23/police-emergency-mental-health-911

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A Social Work Approach to Policy: Implications for Population Health

(3 days ago) WebThe focus of health policy research must move beyond values-informed research to instead identify and explicate the nature of social structures Perron B. Policymaking opportunities for direct practice social workers in mental health and addiction services. Adv Soc Work. Alternatives, and Public Policies. Boston, MA: Little Brown and Co

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5731070/

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We should push for non-police alternatives to mental health crisis

(1 days ago) WebThe Cahoots programme in Oregon, USA, pairs medical professionals in a mobile crisis team model responding to 911 calls instead of the police. This programme has been running since 1989 and has substantially reduced the need for police presence in an acute mental health crisis. 9. Similar first responder models that don’t rely on the police

https://www.bmj.com/content/382/bmj.p1935

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Mental health policy and services in England - House of Commons …

(5 days ago) WebDocuments to download. This briefing covers mental health policy and services in England. As health is a devolved matter, the governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are responsible for setting their own policies in this area. Links to policies of devolved administrations are provided in section 7 of this briefing.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-7547/

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Drugs Are Making Our Nation's Mental Health Crisis Worse

(6 days ago) WebDaily users of marijuana above 10 percent THC are nearly five times more likely to develop a psychotic disorder than non-users. A 2023 study in Denmark determined that 30 percent of cases of

https://www.newsweek.com/drugs-are-making-our-nations-mental-health-crisis-worse-opinion-1903608

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Stress: What It Is, Symptoms, Management & Prevention

(9 days ago) WebStress can lead to emotional and mental (psychological) symptoms, like: Anxiety or irritability. Depression. Panic attacks. Sadness. Behavioral symptoms. Often, people with chronic stress try different things to cope. And some of those things are habit-forming and can have an impact on your health. These may include: Alcohol use …

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/11874-stress

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Trends in Access to Mental Health Care State Policy

(Just Now) WebMany public policy issues impact mental health and are important and worthy of policymakers’ attention. However, in the interest of creating an accessible and usable brief for advocates and other interested parties, the brief’s scope is specific to state policies that impact individuals’ access to mental health care and services.

https://www.nami.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NAMI-2023StateLegBrief-02-AccessToCare.pdf

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Tackling Treatment Resistant Depression with Multiple Tools

(1 days ago) WebVagal Nerve Stimulation–an implantable option. Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) is an FDA-approved, non- medication treatment option for severe or bipolar depression. Like ketamine, it has a 70%

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/defying-treatment-resistant-disorders/202404/tackling-treatment-resistant-depression-with

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4 Free Creative Alternatives to Talk Therapy That Can Support

(2 days ago) WebHere are some creative alternatives to talk therapy that can support your mental well-being. 1. Journal Writing Prompt Therapy. Journal writing prompt therapy is exactly as it sounds—you use prompts for journaling that can support and improve your mental well-being. The idea behind journal writing prompt therapy is to answer questions …

https://www.makeuseof.com/free-creative-alternatives-talk-therapy-support-mental-well-being/

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Stop insurance company limits on mental health prescriptions?

(3 days ago) WebRequiring ‘alternative’ medications. Step therapy is a process by which public or private insurers require patients to take one or more “alternative” medications before they can access the medicine prescribed by their doctor, according to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit. While insurers use …

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2024/05/nj-lawmakers-push-stop-health-insurance-company-mental-health-prescription-limits-pre-authorization-step-therapy/

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