{"title":"MH patients describe ED experiences when seeking medical care","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34499","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Research focusing on the experiences of people with mental health or substance use disorders seeking medical care in a hospital emergency room found that many experience stigma and described health care providers as “dismissive,” “rushed” and “unprofessional.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 25","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144332009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MH group launches campaign to protect Medicaid, releases impact report","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34495","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Citing Medicaid as the cornerstone of mental health care in the United States and emphasizing that Medicaid covers mental health care for more than 72 million Americans, Inseparable Action, a leading mental health advocacy group, last week launched a $1 million TV and radio advertising campaign in five states asking senators to vote against Medicaid cuts.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 25","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144332007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New MH care services launched by national recovery center","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34498","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Taking into account Indiana's low ranking in national studies in overall mental health, including prevalence of mental illness and access to care, national leaders in addiction recovery treatment this month announced the expansion of the state's Recovery Centers of America's Indianapolis facility with the addition of mental health residential and outpatient treatment services.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 25","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144331845","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leaders: Technology can facilitate measurement-informed treatment","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34496","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The rapid pace of technological advancement holds great promise for improving mental health treatment on many levels, as long as the field recognizes technology's limits as well as its benefits, a pair of presenters said during a webinar session last week.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 25","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144331832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Case You Haven't Heard…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34502","url":null,"abstract":"<p>New data from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) reveal more than half of adults (55%) believe climate change is impacting Americans' mental health. More than 40% of adults report personally experiencing effects on their mental health, including nearly one in five who report a significant impact, an APA news release stated. Additionally, one-third of adults (35%) worry about climate change on a weekly basis, indicating that for many, this is a persistent source of stress. The poll also showed anxiety over whether governmental response to climate change is widespread. About 6 in 10 adults say they're anxious about how the government is currently dealing with climate change, including more than one-fourth (28%) who report high anxiety. A very small share of Americans (4%) doesn't believe climate change exists. These results come from the APA Healthy Minds polls, fielded by Morning Consult on behalf of APA. This poll was conducted March 18-20, 2025, among a sample of 2,208 adults ages 18 and older in the United States.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144331915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coming Up…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Active Minds</b> is holding its annual mental health conference, “Stories That Move,” <b>Aug. 1–2</b> in <b>Washington, D.C.</b> Visit https://activeminds.tfaforms.net/5021322 for more information.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144331914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First-ever report on appropriate use of ADHD treatments","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34497","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In a groundbreaking event, a first-of-its-kind summit earlier this year brought together the entire attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) community — including therapists, health care providers, individuals with lived experience, advocacy organizations and parents. On June 17, the National Leadership Summit on the Appropriate Use of ADHD Treatments released its first-ever comprehensive report bearing the same name.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 25","pages":"3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144331844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advocates call for North Carolina budget to support Black MH","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34500","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Advocates representing the group Advance Carolina and a coalition of progressive nonprofits gathered in front of the North Carolina Legislative Building last week to raise awareness about the mental health of North Carolina's Black citizens, NC Newsline reported on June 17. Speakers from a variety of backgrounds targeted the state budget, asking lawmakers to support increased funding for mental health services in schools and communities and to halt the dismantling of mental health resources in public edu-cation. Advocates also called on lawmakers to demand accountability from federal leaders for failing to meet the mental health needs of vulnerable groups. Turquoise LeJeune Parker, the media coordinator at Lakewood Elementary School in Durham, said she came to speak not just as an educator, but also as a mom, an activist, a citizen, a taxpayer, and a witness to what happens without sufficient funding in schools. She emphasized that what's happening to the education system is not an accident. “We're watching arts, music, counseling, and essential support services get cut every year — and those are not just services, but those are real people — while our prisons are fully funded and billionaire tax breaks are handed out like candy, chronic underfunding hits Black and Brown schools and under-resourced districts hardest,” Parker said. This isn't a new challenge, Parker pointed out. Rather, she said, it's the continuation of an “incredibly deep injustice.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 25","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144331913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oregon state legislator dismayed as workforce-boosting bills fail","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34489","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Oregon State Rep. Ed Diehl expected an easy path this year when he introduced four bills that would authorize the state to join interstate compacts allowing various out-of-state mental health professionals to deliver care to Oregonians. Since many clinicians had told Diehl that taking this step would be a wise strategy to combat a mental health workforce crisis, he reasoned that the legislation would earn a favorable reception.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 24","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"JED responds to proposal to cut 988 services for LGBTQ+ youth","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34491","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34491","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people ages 12 to 24 in the United States. LGBTQ+ young people are approximately four times more likely to attempt suicide than their peers. Dire statistics, noted John MacPhee, CEO of the Jed Foundation (JED), responding to the FY 2026 budget proposal, which includes eliminating all funding for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 24","pages":"5-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}