{"title":"Coming up…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34391","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc.</b> is holding its spring conference, “Shaping Health Equity: Fighting for our Minds,” <b>April 3–6</b> in <b>Atlanta, Ga.</b> For more information, visit https://blackpsychiatrists.org/bpa-spring-conference.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 12","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689352","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":"Gallup: Effects of COVID linger in Americans' mental health","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34388","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Americans’ assessments of their mental and physical health are the least positive they have been in Gallup's 24-year trend, reflecting a decadelong decline that began around 2013 and accelerated sharply with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, based on Gallup's latest annual survey on adult mental and physical health, according to a Gallup News article.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 12","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689358","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":"Minnesota lawmaker introduces bill to address funding need","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34390","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Minnesota House Rep. Robert Bierman (DFL-Apple Valley) recently met with mental health and substance use treatment clinicians at Nystrom & Associates Apple Valley Clinic to discuss the urgent need to increase funding for mental health and addiction treatment, a news release stated. One in five Minnesota adults and one in six children in Minnesota experience a mental health condition. “We all know that medical assistance is critical for health care coverage in Minnesota.” said Rep. Robert Bierman when introducing a bill to address the chronic underfunding of the program. The legislation, HF1005, would seek to combat the recent mental health cuts by requiring the Department of Human Services to implement the recommended higher rates found in the Minnesota Health Care Programs Outpatient Services Rates Study. “Reimbursement rates to providers who serve these Minnesotans have fallen woefully behind,” said Bierman. “Our current rates are unsustainable and have created a crisis in access to care.” Mental health providers in the community are typically paid on a transparent, direct flow-through model, meaning their take-home pay is directly impacted by the state's rate reductions that started in January and will total nearly 24% by 2027. “Mental health clinicians provide life-changing care. State reimbursement needs to reflect that,” said Anh Kremer, chief strategy & development officer and general counsel for Nystrom. “We're so thankful for Representative Bierman's leadership. It demonstrates his ongoing commitment to ensuring Minnesotans have access to the life-saving behavioral health services they need,” added Mark Peterson, CEO, Nystrom & Associates.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 12","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689360","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":"Proposed firearm tax in Maryland would aid school-based services","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34385","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34385","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A Maryland state legislator is again trying to win passage of a firearm excise tax that among other priorities would support a statewide effort to expand school-age youths’ access to mental health services.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 12","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143689363","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":"Policy experts urge California-federal partnership to preserve investments","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34374","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new policy brief is calling for the federal government to be a reliable and key partner to support California's behavioral health system reforms, particularly as the state has committed unprecedented investments and innovative approaches to address its mental health and substance use crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 11","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632707","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":"FDA decision on REMS would encourage better treatment access","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34376","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month announced that it would no longer require prescribers, pharmacies or patients to participate in the risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program, which required a blood test prior to dispensing clozapine, an antipsychotic medication, considered a “gold standard” treatment for people with schizophrenia.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 11","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632649","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":"Wisconsin governor's budget proposal would audit some health insurers","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34375","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34375","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With the bold declaration, “I want Wisconsin to become the first state in America to start auditing insurance companies over denying health care claims,” Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers last month unveiled a sweeping budget proposal that in part would expand access to behavioral health and other health care services.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 11","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632800","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.34382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34382","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc.</b> is holding its spring conference, “Shaping Health Equity: Fighting for our Minds,” <b>April 3–6</b> in <b>Atlanta, Ga.</b> For more information, visit https://blackpsychiatrists.org/bpa-spring-conference.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 11","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632706","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.34383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34383","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Increasing your physical activity level may lower your risk of developing neuropsychiatric diseases such as anxiety, depression and dementia, according to new preliminary research, CNN Health reported Feb. 27. And the protection for your brain applies no matter how intense your exercise is, “highlighting the importance of regular movement in promoting mental health,” said lead study author Dr. Jia-Yi Wu, a researcher at Huashan Hospital at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. Researchers analyzed accelerometer data from more than 73,000 adults with an average age of 56 years old to compare their amount of physical activity with instances of neuropsychiatric diseases, according to the published abstract. The abstract is slated to be presented in April at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in San Diego. While the results have yet to be published in a full, peer-reviewed study, they are strengthened by the large sample size, the reliability of accelerometer data, and the large body of work supporting a strong connection between exercise and improved outcomes for conditions that affect the brain, said Dr. Scott Russo, Leon Levy Director of the Brain and Body Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City. He was not involved in the research.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 11","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632708","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 Jersey strengthens home and community services workforce","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34378","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Nearly 450 individuals are enrolled in the New Jersey student loan redemption program designed for healthcare, behavioral health, and social services professionals serving individuals in their homes and communities, a New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) news release stated. These professionals provide essential services to individuals with medical needs, mental health conditions, or disabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 11","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632728","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}