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Mental health, substance misuse, addiction, and their related health and social impacts such as overdose and suicide are dynamic and evolving. [...]
Nearly 1 in 10 people in the U.S. will have an eating disorder during the course of their lifetime. Some of these conditions can be serious, and potentially even fatal. It’s critical to break the silence and raise awareness… [...]
If you have lost any of your loved ones, then this can be considered as the most painful instance in your life. This particular situation in life, where one experiences that they have lost a loved one, is called… [...]
By now, you might be well aware of what dopamine, serotonin, and even cortisol do to your body and mind. In small waves, these hormones can have positive impacts, even cortisol (the stress hormone), but what happens when you… [...]
With schoolwork, entertainment, and social connections all shifting to the digital space, our children are growing up in an age where the internet is both a blessing and a challenge. On one hand, it gives them opportunities to learn… [...]
Balancing a career and family can feel like walking a tightrope. On some days, we feel on top of the world productive at work, present with our children, and still managing to squeeze in a few moments for ourselves.… [...]
[Jounral Abstract] OBJECTIVE: To estimate trends in maternal opioid use disorder (OUD) and neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in Maine using the most recent data available. STUDY DESIGN: We used hospital discharge data to estimate the annual prevalence of maternal… [...]
The authors examined 2019–2020 Medicare claims data to compare rural versus urban patterns of change in telemental health use during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors found that telemental health mitigated barriers to mental health services during the pandemic, but… [...]
Attending regular peer group support sessions can improve the wellbeing of mental health nurses, according to researchers in Western Australia, but work sometimes gets in the way. The post Regular peer support groups can aid mental health nurse wellbeing… [...]
Mental health nurses in part of East London will be working from today in what is being billed as the first “round-the-clock mental health unit” to open under the government’s new plan for the NHS. The post First neighbourhood… [...]