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CBT for Kids: How You Can Improve the Mental Health of Younger Clients

Relias

It is used to treat a wide range of issues including health-related distress, family and school problems, and numerous psychiatric disorders. Anxiety is one of the most common reasons for youth to attend therapy. Studies have shown that kids between seven and 15 years old see great results in terms of anxiety reduction with CBT.

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How to Create a Disaster Behavioral Health Plan

Relias

Whether they are natural or man-made disasters, human services professionals must prepare accordingly. These can include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more. In fact, 15% of individuals who have lived through a natural disaster are diagnosed with depression or anxiety.

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Your Healthy Outlook Can Promote Resilience and Recovery in Older Adults

Relias

Although many older adults remain mentally healthy, the World Health Organization says about 15% of adults over 60 have a mental disorder. Identifying disorders “Behavioral health” often refers to mental health , psychiatric care, counseling, and substance use disorders treatment.

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Strategies for Effective Suicide Loss Postvention

Relias

Psychiatric issues, including depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and problematic substance use are more common with suicide losses compared to other types of losses. Were already experiencing psychiatric issues, such as depression, or had suicidal thoughts and behaviors prior to the death.

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Addressing Access in Ethnoracially Diverse Populations: Lessons from a University-Based Community Mental Health Center

Society of Clinical Psychology

However, overall, POC are less likely to receive any care compared to White individuals, and the services they do receive are less likely to be quality services (Lê Cook et al., Department of Health and Human Services, 2019). Psychiatric Services, 66(6), 578–584. 2014; Walker et al., Mehra, M.S. de Vries, R.,

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News Items – July 29, 2022

Social Workers Speak

NYC Health + Hospitals will offer psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychologists, and licensed clinical social workers between $30,000 and $50,000 of debt relief in exchange for a three-year commitment to serve the public health system. faces a national mental health professional shortage. Real Change News. ABC7-Ft Myers, FL.

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News Items – February 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

25 letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, seeking an exemption from the “good faith” estimates for routine mental and behavioral health services. Arguing that the rule is burdensome and unnecessary, mental health providers wrote a Jan. ADHD can get in the way. The Washington Post. The Street. “If