Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(33):5-6

A new treatment currently under development may mean less likelihood of weight gain for patients with schizophrenia and bipolar 1 disorder, according to new research published online in the American Journal of Psychiatry. A single‐tablet combination treatment is intended to provide the efficacy of olanzapine while mitigating olanzapine‐associated weight gain in patients with serious mental illness, researchers suggested.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(33):7-8

Following the release of a report by the Tennessee Department of Education on COVID‐19's impact on children across the state, officials announced plans to move forward with efforts to help communities check on the kids and support their holistic needs.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(34):1-3

Systemic racism, the COVID‐19 health crisis and an economic meltdown are the cataclysmic events that have caused significant increases in mental health and substance‐related disorders in the United States this year, according to a new report released Aug. 24 by the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA). Unless Congress, states and local communities act, the country faces an imminent national mental health crisis, say the authors.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(37):1-3

It seems only fitting that during a month designated as National Suicide Prevention Month, the U.S. House of Representatives on Sept. 21 would vote unanimously to pass the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act (S. 2661), which creates a universal three‐digit number (988) for suicide prevention and mental health crises. The bill is now awaiting the president's signature.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(38):1-3

A settlement agreement reached in the long‐standing Katie A. et al. v. Diana Bontá et al. case will require Los Angeles County to increase intensive home‐based mental health services for foster children who have been through multiple placements and/or in group homes or psychiatric hospitals. The class action lawsuit, originally filed on July 18, 2002, challenged the county and state agencies for not providing legally mandated health care services to treat the mental health conditions of children.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(23):3-4

Although there are suggestions that suicide rates will rise as a result of the COVID‐19 pandemic, it is not inevitable. However, universal interventions are needed to mitigate the risk, suggests an international group of suicide prevention researchers. Their commentary is published in the June issue of Lancet Psychiatry.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(24):1-3

The COVID‐19 impact on Georgia's economy, including plummeting sales and tax revenues, has prompted Gov. Brian Kemp to call for deep budget cuts that would have an impact on mental health services and programs. Advocates, who have embarked on a campaign to restore proposed cuts, say the across‐the‐board 14% cut would be devastating to the state's mental health community at large.  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(29):6-6

The mental health community is mourning the loss of one of its pioneers in the field. William (Bill) Anthony, founder of the psychiatric rehabilitation movement, passed away July 15 at the age of 77 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. Anthony was a pioneer in the field of mental illness, The Reading Post reported July 16. In 1979, he established the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University and served as the executive director until his retirement in 2011. He received the Distinguished Service Award in 1992 from the president of the United States for his efforts “in promoting the dignity, equality, independence and employment of people with disabilities.”  相似文献   

    

Valerie A. Canady 《Mental Health Weekly》2020,30(28):3-5

Recognizing that telehealth is a critical tool for improving care access and continuity, two New York state provider and advocacy organizations — citing a decrease in no‐show rates and overall telehealth service satisfaction— are urging state leaders to continue providing flexibility in telehealth treatment modalities.  相似文献   

    

Candice Feiring  Jessica Markus  Valerie A. Simon 《Family process》2020,59(1):127-141

Healthy romantic relationships entail understanding the needs of the self and other when interpreting conflict events. Yet how couples make meaning around specific conflicts and their capacity to reflect on their own and their partners’ unmet needs is understudied. Using narratives, we examined destructive (e.g., extreme anger and break-up anxiety) and constructive (e.g., perspective taking) interpretations of past romantic conflicts in 80 emerging adult heterosexual couples and the extent to which such interpretations varied by viewpoint and gender. Couple members were interviewed separately about two conflict episodes in which their partner did not meet their needs (victim viewpoint) and two episodes in which they did not meet their partners’ needs (perpetrator viewpoint). As anticipated, destructive interpretations were more evident in the victim viewpoint and for female couple members. In contrast, within constructive interpretations, the use of insight was greater in the perpetrator than the victim viewpoint. Although perspective taking was expected to be more common in the perpetrator viewpoint and in female narratives, this was not the case, as this type of constructive interpretation was infrequent in narratives about conflict. The findings revealed aspects of meaning making that might be useful to mental health professionals concerned with building skills to improve romantic competence in emerging adult couples.  相似文献