{"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}
{"title":"MH, SUD advocates urge Congress to oppose Medicaid cuts, support recovery","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34488","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As Senate Republicans still work behind the scenes to draft their version of the reconciliation bill, efforts to protest proposed federal budget Medicaid cuts and the potential impact on individuals with mental health and substance use disorders continue. Last week, advocates from across the country descended on the Hill, urging Congress and senators to advance a budget that promotes recovery and protects individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 24","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273435","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":"Successful campaign reduces DUP in first-episode patients","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34492","url":null,"abstract":"<p>With an objective of reducing the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) of patients experiencing first-episode psychosis in the New Orleans community, a campaign used digital and mass-marketing strategies that significantly increased social media impressions and engagements, with transit advertisements yielding more than 1.6 million impressions.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 24","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273437","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":"Study finds major declines in self-reported MH among mothers","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34490","url":null,"abstract":"<p>New research published in <i>JAMA Internal Health</i> has found significant declines in self-reported mental health among mothers in the United States, with smaller declines in self-reported physical health.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 24","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273111","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.34493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34493","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 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273438","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.34494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34494","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Work can either fuel employee well-being or become a source of strain for employees already stressed out by economic volatility and political tension, according to a survey last month of employee mental health by Inmar Intelligence, according to the news site, HR Dive. Of the 1,000 U.S. full- and part-time employees who responded to the May 12 survey, 34% said their job positively impacts their mental health, while 33% reported a negative impact, Inmar found. “This near-even split reinforces the importance of thoughtful leadership and inclusive workplace design to support the full spectrum of employee needs,” the business technology firm stated in a May 29 post. Job security (45%), reasonable workload (40%) and supportive management (40%) are the top factors employees cited as having a positive impact on their mental health at work. All respondents said their well-being strategy includes mental health, and nearly half said mental health is the most important part of that strategy. Common well-being initiatives included employee assistance programs, stress management and mindfulness and resilience programs.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"35 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144273448","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}