{"title":"Comprehensive approach used to help youth with MH, SU issues","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34187","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Focusing on the specific needs of youth with mental health and substance use issues while also addressing health care inequities are the objectives behind a program developed by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142313259","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":"Pediatric inpatient psychiatric beds needed to meet demand","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34178","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Inadequate availability of pediatric psychiatric beds is partially attributed to the worsening pediatric mental health crisis, along with children who increasingly have prolonged emergency department visits while awaiting definitive mental health care, according to a research letter published online last month in <i>JAMA Pediatrics</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233111","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 SAMHSA resource examines recognition, treatment of early SMI","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34180","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released their brochure “Early Recognition and Effective Treatment of Early Serious Mental Illness,” emphasizing the crucial role of early detection and intervention in serious mental illnesses, emphasizing the need for prompt attention at the first onset of symptoms. In addition, the resource highlights the importance of youth and family engagement in early intervention services and supports. Early detection of serious mental illness and the provision of effective treatment can improve outcomes for individuals and promote long term mental health recovery, according to SAMHSA. The new brochure can be found at https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/early-recognition-esmi-pep24-01-006.pdf.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233123","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":"Annual study finds college students' mental health improving","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34179","url":null,"abstract":"<p>College students from more than 200 universities across the country are reporting decreases in symptoms of anxiety, depression and thoughts of suicide, and increases in receiving mental health care and support, according to the latest annual Healthy Minds Study, which provides a detailed picture of mental health and related issues in college student populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233079","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":"Early-career research honoree probes links to youth suicide risk","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34176","url":null,"abstract":"<p>One of this year's honorees in an annual awards program for early-career scientists will apply her research grant toward identifying more accurate predictors of youth suicide risk. Breakthroughs in this important area could lead to targeted preventive interventions for at-risk adolescents and effective treatments for those in more advanced stages of crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233152","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":"ABHW announces new leadership, Greenberg retirement","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34181","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW), the national voice for payers that manage behavioral health insurance benefits for over 200 million people, announced Sept. 10 that ABWH president and CEO <b>Pamela Greenberg</b> will retire after 26 years at the helm of the association. <b>Debbie Witchey</b> has been appointed the next president and CEO, effective Oct. 1, 2024. Greenberg plans to retire in November 2024. Under Greenberg's leadership, ABHW successfully advocated for numerous policy changes that have positively impacted the delivery of mental health and substance use disorder care, from the development and approval of national behavioral health billing codes to the passage of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and changes to substance use disorder privacy laws that allow care to be better integrated and coordinated. Witchey most recently served as executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) where she cultivated productive board relations, member recruitment and retention, strategic planning and financial oversight activities in addition to advocating for all sectors of the health care industry in lobbying Congress on key issues affecting HLC members, including access and coverage, population health and Medicare.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233167","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.34182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34182","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The <b>American Psychiatric Association</b> is holding The APA 2024 Mental Health Services Conference <b>Sept. 26–28</b> in <b>Baltimore</b>. For more information, visit https://www.xpressreg.net/register/MHSC0924.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233168","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.34183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34183","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An overwhelming majority of registered voters (89%) rank the issue of expanding access to mental health care as important, making it a top-tier issue for voters alongside lowering the cost of living for working families (96%) and making housing more affordable (88%). The statistics are the result of a national mental health poll conducted for the mental health advocacy organization, Inseparable Action, the company's news release stated. The findings are based on a nationwide online and text-to-web survey of 1,000 registered voters in English and Spanish from July 22–29, 2024. The poll found near-universal support for requiring insurance companies to improve coverage of mental health care (94%). A strong majority of registered voters also supports policies that bar companies from cutting mental health care or limiting access (83%). The poll found that 94% of respondents support requiring health plans to maintain accurate and up-to-date information for consumers about the mental health providers in their networks. The poll involved the collaboration between Impact Research, a Democratic polling firm, and Meeting Street Insights, a Republican polling firm.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233150","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 examines psychosis risk with amphetamine prescriptions","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34177","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Large doses of prescription amphetamine have been associated with a more than five-fold increased risk of new-onset psychosis or mania, according to Belmont, Massachusetts-based McLean Hospital researchers of a new study published online Sept. 12 in the <i>American Journal of Psychiatry</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233153","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":"Final parity rule strengthens consumer protections, improves MH, SUD access","authors":"Valerie A. Canady","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34175","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the first update to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) in nearly 10 years, the federal government on Sept. 9 enacted final federal rules to ensure that people with mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs) receive similar insurance coverage for their care as they would for physical health conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142233151","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}