{"title":"In Case You Haven't Heard…","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34512","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Fathers' mental distress is slightly associated with subpar child development, including cognitive, social-emotional, language and physical development, according to a study published in <i>JAMA Pediatrics</i>, CNN Health reported June 16. The findings were especially true in the perinatal period, which spans from conception to two years postpartum. During this time, the developing fetus, then infant and then toddler is particularly sensitive to any mental distress that parents, especially the mother, experience, according to the study. “Men are at risk of increased mental distress during the transition to fatherhood, with prevalence rates among men during the perinatal period as high as 8% for clinical depression, 11% for anxiety and 6% to 9% for elevated stress,” the authors wrote in the study. “This represents the most comprehensive global review to date on the association between fathers' perinatal mental health and offspring development,” said Dr. Delyse Hutchinson, senior author of the study and associate professor in the SEED Lifespan Research Centre at Deakin University in Australia, via email.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144503201","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":"Nevada's first crisis stabilization center for MH, BH patients opens","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34509","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A midday ribbon cutting on June 24 marked the official opening of Nevada's first Crisis Stabilization Center, located just south of Nellis Air Force Base, NPR reported June 24. The center aims to take treatment burdens off of local emergency rooms, where people experiencing mental and behavioral health crises often go first, and subsequently experience long wait times. The multimillion-dollar outpatient facility comes after Mental Health America's 2024 rankings, which placed Nevada 51st in the nation for its high prevalence of mental illness and lack of providers. The center is a partnership between the state — which allocated more than $11 million to the project — and various local entities, including Clark County and University Medical Center (UMC). It has already begun accepting up to 35 patients, ages 18 and older. “Our goal is less than 24 hours, and most patients will be well under that,” said UMC CEO Mason Van Houweling “That's the goal, to be able to help stabilize immediately, deal with a medical screening, but also a mental health screening, and then figure out the resources available to that patient in a very rapid manner to be able to stabilize that crisis as quickly as possible.”</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144503009","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":"26 years later, Olmstead faces new threats from proposed Medicaid cuts","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34503","url":null,"abstract":"<p>More than two decades after the landmark <i>Olmstead v. L.C</i>. ruling affirmed that the unnecessary institutionalization of people with disabilities violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), disability rights advocates organized a Senate briefing on Capitol Hill last week. The event aimed to spotlight growing concerns over proposed Medicaid cuts and their potential threat to individuals' rights to live independently and receive services in community-based settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 26","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144503003","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":"Alliance policy brief: Budget jeopardizes key housing programs","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34507","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With homelessness surging to record levels, the FY 2026 budget proposal threatens to drastically cut funding for essential programs that communities across the country depend on to prevent and address homelessness, according to a June 17 policy brief from the National Alliance to End Homelessness.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144503007","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.34511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34511","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 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144503200","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 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":"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":"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":"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}