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Dramatic Rise in Police Interventions on 988 Callers

Mad in America

Editor’s Note: This story is the first part of a two-part series on 988. This piece addresses the increase in unwanted or coercive police interventions after 988’s implementation. The second part, next weekend, will address issues around privacy and the sharing of the contents of conversations for AI development. T wo years and a billion dollars in, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline continues evolving rapidly.

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Dr. Deb - Untitled Article

Dr. Deb

In order to bring greater awareness to the experience of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , June has been designated as PTSD Awareness Month in the United States. And June 27th is National PTSD Awareness Day. PTSD is a mental health problem that can occur after an adult or child has been directly involved or a witness to a traumatic event, such as sexual or physical assault, natural or man-made disasters, accidents, life threatening medical crises and war-related combat stress.

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Global Wellness Day: A Focus on Mental Health Awareness and Wellbeing

Sane Blog

Global Wellness Day in June each year serves as a reminder of the importance of overall wellbeing. While physical health often takes the spotlight, mental health advocacy needs equal attention because it encourages individuals to recognise the value of mental wellbeing, understand an array of mental health issues, and seek help when needed. This post delves into why mental health awareness is vital and how you can protect your own mental health.

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Download the White Paper

Credible Mind

Rethink Mental Health WHITE PAPER: A Proven and Scalable 3-Step Framework to Proactively Optimize Behavioral Health. Integrate Digital Screening for Early Case Identification, Personalized Care Navigation, and Improved Outcomes. Complete the form for your Instant Download. The post Download the White Paper appeared first on CredibleMind.

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How to Explain Top Psychiatrists’ “Dr. Strangelove Exuberance” Unchecked by Reality

Mad in America

E xuberant individuals who disregard societal consensus reality are routinely diagnosed by psychiatrists with bipolar disorder; however, among psychiatrists themselves, exuberance about psychiatry regardless of the reality of psychiatry’s repeated scientific failures makes one a leading psychiatrist. While one explanation for top psychiatrists’ exuberance unchecked by reality is their financial conflicts of interest with Big Pharma , historically, not all leading psychiatrists have been drug-com

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Why Facilities Work with Healthcare Staffing Agencies

PsychStaffing Blog

If youve noticed a shortage of qualified candidates in the last few years, you are not alone. In 2023, 77% of employers reported problems with filling job vacancies. When 3 out of 4 organizations struggle to find qualified candidates, it is time to enlist professional help for hiring. That is where staffing agencies can step in, offering skills in recruitment that go beyond what an internal Human Resources team can offer.

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Instead Of Looking For Root Causes Of Your Anxiety, Do This.

The Anxiety Guy

Welcome back to another episode of the Anxiety Guy Podcast, where we dive deep into the complexities of anxiety and mental health. Today, we’re tackling a crucial question: “Must we dig out the root causes of your anxiety, or not?” This is a topic that resonates with many of our listeners who struggle with understanding whether they need to delve into their past to heal their present.

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Dorothea Buck’s Memoir Tells of the Horrors of Twentieth Century Psychiatry: A “Hell Amidst Bible Quotes”

Mad in America

I n 1936, at age nineteen, a German woman named Dorothea Buck followed the trail of a star along the mudflats of her North Sea home, Wangerooge Island. Rapt, she spent the night under a dune and was brought home in the morning by local workers. Buck had been experiencing a series of visions. One of these was that her country’s chancellor, Adolf Hitler, would start a war that would become “monstrous.

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Anosognosia revisited

Reidbord's Reflections

Over a decade ago, I noticed a new term cropping up in psychiatry: anosognosia. Actually, it was an old term, coined a century earlier by neurologists to describe a behavioral sign in certain types of brain damage. But by the time I took notice, this mouthful of a word was doing double duty. In [.] The post Anosognosia revisited first appeared on Reidbord's Reflections.

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Antiseizure Drug Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Large Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

Mad in America

A new systematic review finds that exposure to the antiseizure drugs valproate and topiramate during pregnancy increases the risk of autism (ASD), intellectual disability (ID), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in offspring. Valproate was associated with up to four times the risk of ASD, five times the risk of ID, and 1.5 times the risk of ADHD; topiramate was linked to a doubled risk of ASD, four times the risk of ID, and a doubled risk of ADHD.

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SelfCare Demonstration

Credible Mind

Rethink Mental Health SelfCare Demonstration CredibleMind delivers a powerful population-based foundation for your mental health strategies. In an easy-to-use online platform, it brings together trustworthy, evidence-based approaches and information while placing a strong emphasis on upstream opportunities to promote positive mental health, prevent potential problems before they occur, and intervene early.

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Did Something Happen?! The Power of Poetry in Telling My Son’s Story

Mad in America

Me: I think there’s a lot of trauma he has to process Dr. K: Did something happen?! —“Medical History #2,” The Bearable Slant of Light I n the first intake documents from my son’s first hospitalization, the attending psychiatrist wrote: “On examination, the patient presents as a very poor historian.” In other words, he couldn’t tell a coherent and accurate story of what had happened that had led him to bolt from the therapist’s office that July afternoon and subsequently be transported to the h