The community health center crisis
Federally qualified health centers, most of which are in a category called community health centers, are vital health care infrastructure. They are non-profit community based organizations that receive federal support to provide primary care services in medically underserved areas, and to serve the uninsured and underinsured. Most of their income is from Medicaid and Medicare, and they charge on a sliding scale (going to zero) for people who are uninsured. They typically provide pre-natal care, may have dentistry and other specialty care, and substance abuse and mental health treatment. Right now they are in crisis. T...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 20, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
With COVID-19, a need to deregulate buprenorphine prescriptions [PODCAST]
“With COVID-19, we have both the unique opportunity and need to deregulate buprenorphine prescriptions. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAHMSA) recently updated guidelines for buprenorphine prescriptions. There are new provisions for telephonic initiation of buprenorphine and scripts up to 28 days for stable patients. Unfortunately, this does not circumvent the major […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/megana-dwarakanath" rel="tag" > Megana Dwarakanath, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Coping with Comorbid Substance Abuse and Mental Illness
Tips that work. A plan. These are what help in the battle with mental illness and substance abuse. The material here is from individuals dealing with both diagnoses and for their family members. Tips are shared anonymously for privacy reasons.
If you suspect alcohol or drugs are interfering with your life and your ability to handle your mental health issues, you may be facing a dual diagnosis situation. Talk to your doctor or mental health professional without delay to begin the process of understanding and trying treatment options.
I have learned that willingness is the key to successful recovery work. The willingness t...
Source: World of Psychology - August 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan McDaniel Tags: Addiction Alcoholism Recovery Substance Abuse 12 Steps Addiction Recovery Alcoholics Anonymous Comorbidity Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Got Bored? A Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Plan
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. – J.R.R. Tolkien
I question. I question my clients. “What’s been coming up for you?” or “How are you experiencing life these days?”
For many clients in addiction recovery, the experience of boredom will surface. Boredom, if not taken seriously, is a fast track to relapse.
When we remove elements of our life that we no longer have interest in (i.e. drugs, alcohol, people, places, and things) we are left with “empty space” — and many of us, not skillful with the use of our time, will call that empty spa...
Source: World of Psychology - July 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura C Meyer Tags: Addiction Habits Mindfulness Recovery Substance Abuse Boredom Habit Change Relapse relapse prevention Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Life with Binge Eating Disorder
At one point, Gabe weighed more than 550 pounds. Today, he and Lisa remember and discuss the extreme pain and slow healing process of living with binge-eating disorder. Gabe shares his shame in being so overweight, his intense relationship with food, the story of his gastric bypass and the difficult process of learning new coping mechanisms.
How did Gabe’s bipolar and panic attacks tie in with his binge eating? And, importantly, how is he managing the illness today? Join us for an open and honest discussion on living with an eating disorder.
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Source: World of Psychology - July 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Binge Eating Disorders Eating Disorders General Not Crazy Podcast Source Type: blogs
How to Help a Family Member with an Addiction
It is difficult dealing with a family member who is struggling with an addiction. It takes intentional listening, meaningful communication, avenues for change, and self-care to persevere.
Here are a few helpful suggestions:
Listen
Pay attention to what your loved one is saying and doing. Listen to both verbal and nonverbal cues. What are the warning signs? Those struggling with addiction will usually voice warning signs, or these can be found in their body language.
One parent I worked with said she could tell her teenage son was struggling because he was no longer himself. Signs he showed were constant restlessness, s...
Source: World of Psychology - July 2, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: James E. Phelan, LCSW, BCD, Psy.D Tags: Addiction Children and Teens Communication Family Recovery Substance Abuse Alcoholism Source Type: blogs
The “Drug Czar” Says Overdose Deaths Were Already Rising Before Pandemic and Now Are Spiking—The Ultimate Blame Belongs to Prohibition
Jeffrey A. SingerWhite House “drug czar” Jim Carroll toldPolitico earlier this week that an Office of National Drug Control Policy analysis finds an 11.4 percent year ‐over‐year increase in opioid‐related overdose deaths during the first four months of 2020. Kentucky has seen a 25 percent increase in overdose deaths during the first four months of this year, and West Virginia saw a 50 percent increase in deaths since the beginning of the year. The data are incomplete at this point, and not all states have reported in.Mr. Carroll attributed much of the increase in the overdose rate to anxie...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 1, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Startup Big Health raises $39M to universalize access to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety and poor sleep
Big Health Hones Digital Mental Health Therapy With $39M Series B (Crunchbase):
“Startup Big Health believes individuals can improve their mental health through its technology that focuses on cognitive behavioral therapy versus medication or the help of human therapists.
On Thursday it raised $39 million in a Series B financing to advance that objective.
Its two digital offerings, Daylight, for worry and anxiety, and Sleepio, for poor sleep, are fully automated cognitive and behavioral programs.
“We are taking proven cognitive behavioral therapies and fully automating them to deliver the care scalably and consist...
Source: SharpBrains - June 29, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness Peak Performance Professional Development Technology Big Health cognitive-behavioral-therapy Daylight digital health digital mental health medication Sleepio Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: June 27, 2020
This week’s Psychology Around the Net takes a look at new research on “mommy brain,” how ultrasounds might be the next big non-invasive research tool and treatment option for brain disorders, the latest state to remove mental health questions from the state bar application, and more.
Stay well, friends!
Does ‘Mommy Brain’ Last? Study Shows Motherhood Does Not Diminish Attention: Well, not sure I’m buying this just yet (ha!), but new research out of Purdue University might have debunked the “mommy brain” theory. By studying mothers who were at least one year postpartum —...
Source: World of Psychology - June 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Brain Activity Emotional Baggage mommy brain New Hampshire bar Postpartum Self-Esteem Ultrasound Source Type: blogs
Sexual Abuse and Eating Disorders: What ’s the Connection?
What is the connection between sexual abuse and developing an eating disorder? Why does bingeing, purging, starving and chronic dieting become a “solution” for the abuse?
Abuse shatters the sacred innocence of a child and often becomes a primary trigger for an eating disorder. The survivor of sexual abuse becomes plagued with confusion, guilt, shame, fear, anxiety, self-punishment, and rage. She (or he) seeks the soothing comfort, protection, and anesthesia that food offers. Food, after all, is the most available, legal, socially sanctioned, cheapest mood altering drug on the market! And emotional eating is a mood alte...
Source: World of Psychology - June 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mary Anne Cohen, LCSW Tags: Abuse Eating Disorders Trauma Anorexia Binge Eating Bulimia Sexual Abuse Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Is Addiction a Disease?
What is the link between addiction and mental illness? Is addiction a choice? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Gabe and Lisa discuss whether addiction should be classified as a disease and whether or not it should require medical treatment. Gabe also shares his personal story of addiction and how it tied in with his bipolar disorder.
What’s your take? Tune in for an in-depth discussion which covers every angle of this often controversial topic.
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Source: World of Psychology - June 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Addiction General Mental Health and Wellness Not Crazy Podcast Recovery Source Type: blogs
How Could I Have Done What I Did? (And How to Get Out of This Mess)
Suspended? Arrested? Caught cheating? Woke up in the Emergency Room after a super-binge?
“How did I get here?” you ask. Not just, “How did I end up in the Emergency Room?” You know that. But, “What cycle led me here?”
I definitely do not speak to you in judgment, but in compassion. We’ve all done things that we later regretted, to a greater or lesser degree. Many people have walked the path of despair, the path of embarrassment, shame, or disgrace.
And, if you’re like me, you don’t want to feel so out of control. You don’t want to let down those you love.
The one advantage to being here at the bottom of...
Source: World of Psychology - June 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tim Martin, MSW, LCSWA Tags: Addiction Alcoholism Relationships Self-Help Substance Abuse Infidelity Recovery regret Source Type: blogs
Boredom in the Year of Quarantine
Many parents have heard plenty of boredom-based lamentations from their kids, even before the age of coronavirus. But COVID-19 and the resulting quarantines have brought boredom into our lives on a whole new level. It doesn’t seem to matter whether the child is four or fourteen, being trapped at home and without regular interaction with peers leads to fairly dramatic childhood ennui.
In comparison to the devastating losses we are experiencing in the world right now, boredom is not a terribly urgent issue. But it can bring distress to children and their families. Understanding the roots of boredom can offer parents strat...
Source: World of Psychology - June 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jason Kahn, PhD Tags: Children and Teens Parenting Boredom coronavirus COVID-19 home school pandemic school age children social distancing Source Type: blogs
Anxiety, Despair, and the Coronavirus Pandemic
Jeffrey A. SingerPublic health interventions entail non ‐economic as well as economic trade‐offs. Some trade ‐offs can involve other aspects of public health.I havewrittenabout how blanket bans on elective medical procedures combine with the fear already infused in the public to cause crucial delays in necessary health care. This adds to human suffering from causes other than the COVID-19 virus. Many people with chronic conditions, particularlychronic pain patients, are disproportionately affected by reduced access to routine care. Then there ’s the dramatic drop ‐of...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 30, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
Podcast: A National Non-Profit is Born From a Random Encounter
In today’s Psych Central Podcast, Gabe talks with Jamie Tworkowski, the founder of To Write Love on Her Arms, a non-profit movement dedicated to helping people who are struggling with addiction, depression, self-injury and suicide. Jamie shares how the idea for the non-profit was born in 2006 after he spent 5 days with his new friend Renee who’d recently been turned down for rehab. After writing about the experience and posting it on Myspace, people began to respond with their own stories, and the seeds for the non-profit were planted.
Tune in to find out how To Write Love on Her Arms helps people struggling with ment...
Source: World of Psychology - May 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Addiction Depression General Interview Podcast Policy and Advocacy Recovery Substance Abuse The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
