This paper outlines the gaps in mental health and physical health care to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The gaps presented present strong reasons for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing not having adequate access to care in Michigan. A sad note is that these issues lead to many Deaf and Ha...
While almost everyone with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in this sample had health care coverage, about 70% had any type of mental health treatment in the past year and only about 30% were currently taking an antipsychotic. While many individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders may recover, ...
“Digital technologies can be utilized to really address the large difficult things that we have in mental health—the access to good new psychotherapy, addressing symptoms that have been creating resistance to our pharmacotherapy,” Franson said. “There are things that we need to be doing...
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10 No. 1 010346 Exposure to traumatic events such as forced migration contributes to sustained deleterious effects on individual mental health. Between 2010 and 2018, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has nearly tripled from approximately 15 million to 41 million people, making up...
Digital Tools Help Train Providers to Fill Gaps in Mental Health Care The global dearth of providers can be addressed with nontraditional methods of teaching new recruits ByZeinab Hijazi&Charlotte Gornitzkaedited byGary Stix Getty Images The massive shortage and inequitable distribution of ...
Gaps in crises of mental health emerge from poor distinction between the qualities of people who suicide and those who murder and then kill themselves. The role, if any, that substance use has in such lethal violence is an example of such a lack of distinction. In this study, a sample of...
Next article in issueCited by (0)This article was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (P30MH082760). An interview with the author is available by podcast at www.jaacap.org. Disclosure: Dr. Zima was a member of the Steering Committees for the National Quality Forum's Nation...
An Army health official told a panel investigating a mass shooting by a reservist experiencing a psychiatric crisis that there are health care differences for Army reservists that could limit the flow of information to commanders.