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Addressing Veterans’ Mental Health: An Overview

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Before we discuss how your organization can help this population, let’s review the most common mental health conditions that veterans face after they leave the military: PTSD, depression, and suicidality. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) An estimated 7% of veterans are diagnosed with PTSD in their lifetimes.

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Building Organizational Resilience for Behavioral Health Providers

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The effects of the mental health crisis can be seen in the following statistics: Master’s level licensed social workers are twice as likely to have PTSD as the general population. An important, and often overlooked, element of relationship building is developing a shared understanding of how to communicate and relate to each other.

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How to Create a Disaster Behavioral Health Plan

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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. Those experiencing PTSD following a disaster will exhibit different symptoms. Disasters happen. Engage in partnerships.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

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Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Also labeled as postpartum PTSD or postnatal PTSD, birth trauma can occur for several reasons. What is birth trauma?

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Whole Person Care: What It Means, How To Use It, and Why It’s Important

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As such, practitioners in these environments need to know the signs of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other mental health conditions that may arise. Pharmacists : Pharmacists need to communicate with practitioners to understand any barriers to medication clients may face. Payers : Many in the U.S.

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News Items – March 10, 2022

Social Workers Speak

On Wednesday, the US Department of Health and Human Services released a? “The main reasons I see couples divorce are poor communication,? On top of that we’ve seen more anxiety, depression and even forms of PTSD [post-traumatic stress disorder] from those who have recovered or lost a loved one to COVID-19.” .

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You Asked, We Answered; 12 Questions about Trauma-Informed-Care

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Racial trauma is any number of adverse effects that racism has on the well-being of individuals, communities, and cultures. While racial trauma is like PTSD, it is different because of perpetual exposure to race-based stress by individuals and communities. These events are stressful and traumatic to those who go through them.