Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(40):6-6

Federal legislation to create a grant funded program to help schools add additional mental health services for K–12 students, first introduced in 2018, has been reintroduced in Congress this year. The bill would bolster counseling services for these students.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(41):3-5

Legislation introduced Oct. 23 to help reduce mass violence and make communities safer following two recent mass shootings and countless others is sending the wrong message, according to a coalition of mental health groups and disability rights organizations. While they appreciate support of mental health reform, the legislation erroneously focuses those efforts on people with mental health disabilities, advocates said.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(41):5-6

Although clinicians have engaged in the current practice of treating coronary heart disease survivors by screening them for depression, a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found that patients screened for depression did not see any benefits. The study's findings call into question the current policy to screen these patients for depression.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(35):1-3

Following a recently announced proposal by the Trump administration to create a new research arm within the proposed Health Advanced Research Projects Agency (HARPA), mental health and disability rights advocacy groups banded together on a preliminary conference call last week to weigh concerns and discuss potential steps should this proposal move forward.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(47):1-3

New Mexico officials announced this month a settlement agreement with five behavioral health providers following Medicaid fraud allegations six years ago that practically decimated the state's behavioral health system. Altogether, 15 New Mexico providers experienced service disruptions, layoffs and closures. Now officials say they plan to focus on building a new behavioral network.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(47):3-4

On Dec. 5, Vermont became the second recipient, following the District of Columbia, to receive approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to allow Medicaid reimbursement for inpatient stays at free‐standing institutions for mental disease (IMDs). The federal guidance will allow state Medicaid programs to waive the long‐standing payment exclusion in order to treat individuals with serious mental illness/serious emotional disturbance (SMI/SED) in residential settings.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(39):7-8

As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in cases dealing with workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation, advocates in the field have been weighing in, asserting that such discrimination “should be deemed illegal under federal law.”  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(42):3-4

Can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to help treat depression? Researchers from a Costa Mesa, California–based clinic think it can and have conducted research to explain how AI can be used to determine which depressed patients are likely to get better and which aren't. Depression remains an important risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, yet few neuroimaging biomarkers are available to identify treatment response in depression, researchers stated.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(37):6-8

Although interest in spiritually integrated therapy has grown substantially over the past two decades, few clinical methods exist for providing that kind of treatment to patients with acute psychiatric conditions, say the authors of a new study in the September issue of the American Journal of Psychotherapy. The study finds that the integration of spirituality and religion with mental health treatment can benefit patients.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2019,29(45):7-8

A New York–based stigma prevention program that began as an online public awareness campaign for young people three years ago is evolving into a community outreach plan for educators and school staff members who will be trained on how to encourage students to converse with a trusted person about their mental health.  相似文献