Community Care

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Tightened criteria for the use of community treatment orders (CTOs) – which place conditions on people receiving community treatment after detention in hospital. Extended the right to an independent mental health advocate to informal (ie non-detained) patients.

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KVC

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hope is a 15-year-old girl who experienced depression and tried to end her life in multiple ways. But when she came to KVC Hospitals, she received comprehensive medical and psychiatric treatment. KVC Hospitals Commemorates 30 Years of Hope, Healing and Life-Changing Treatment. Read it now. Read it now. Learn more.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The effects of Covid-19 on brain function and mental health, as well as the reasons for flaws in diagnosis of psychiatric illness, are all discussed in this episode of the MQ Open Mind podcast. In 2022, Max won an award for this work , winning the Core Psychiatric Trainee of the year award from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 7, 2024

Their severe depressions and highest of manic episodes can ruin relationships. It is when that happens, I don’t listen to reason, get into fights, do things I regret later, hurt the people I love and sometimes even end up in a psychiatric hospital. First, let me say it is not easy living with someone with bipolar disorder.

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KVC

MAY 24, 2022

These stories came from youth and families we’ve served, foster or adoptive families who support our mission, and KVC team members who provide in-home family therapy and support, mental health treatment, foster care, adoption, inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment or other life-changing services. Apparently she Googled us.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Roffman and his team at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania studied MRI scans from 1,370 children born before, during and after the introduction of fortification in the US (when folic acid is added to food). The IDEA project allowed us to conduct research on adolescent depression where it is most needed.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

For the past seventy-two hours I had been a guest of Mercy Hospital’s emergency room and both the hospital and I had settled in for the wait. I had my own room, a real hospital bed instead of an ER examination cot, and a menu card for the next day’s meals. I think I need to go to a hospital.” I think…” I started. “I

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 10, 2022

But for others, social isolation, not having anybody to talk to and a lack of emotional support can cause sadness, affect wellbeing, and even cause depression. Loneliness and social isolation are risk factors for early mortality , as well as making people more prone to depression and cognitive decline. But what are the facts?

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Bipolar Bandit

APRIL 12, 2023

We initially thought that the first episode I had was depression but looking back we realize that I had in fact been hypomanic for some time before that. Nothing worked until — after two psychiatric hospitalizations — they finally found a combination of five meds that stabilized me (and virtually knocked me senseless!).

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KVC

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Both children who bully and targets of bullying are at a greater risk for mental and behavioral health issues, including anxiety, depression, substance abuse, sleep difficulties, lower academic achievement and dropping out of school. Words can hurt. Why Do Kids Bully? . The reasons children bully can be difficult to pinpoint.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. Etiology may include mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder, depression, or schizophrenia. In a wider context, the term also means the inability to cope with life’s challenges.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 16, 2023

Although it did recognise that women saw increased levels of depression symptoms than men. These numbers include children who are suicidal, self-harming, suffering serious depression or anxiety, and those with eating disorders. Hospital admissions for eating disorders are rising as well, with an 82% rise from 2019 to 2022.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 29, 2022

Mayor Adams, NYC Health + Hospitals Announces $1 Million Anonymous Donation to Launch Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Behavioral Health Professionals. Half of all men whose partners have postpartum depression are depressed themselves,” said Will Courtenay , Ph.D., New York City. Yahoo News. Boston.com.

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Shelter, Inc

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Positive metrics included feeling relaxed and hopeful , with negative metrics including depression and anxiety. According to Dr. John Walkup, chair of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Lurie Children’s Hospital, 20% of children had mental health challenges before the end of high school, even before the pandemic.

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MQ Mental Health

JUNE 14, 2023

Plus, after many years living with bipolar disorder, experiencing the rollercoaster that it is, being in hospitals and crisis houses, participating in therapies, talking with psychiatrists and psychologists, studying books, writing journals, I might just possibly have learnt certain things to help me cope.

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Shelter, Inc

MAY 11, 2021

Positive metrics included feeling relaxed and hopeful , with negative metrics including depression and anxiety. According to Dr. John Walkup, chair of the Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Lurie Children’s Hospital, 20% of children had mental health challenges before the end of high school, even before the pandemic.

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Beautiful Voyager

APRIL 30, 2021

Leading me to feeling depressed, tired and sad. The fear of no longer feeling like myself Change in personality is a very common fear of people hesitating to get on a psychiatric medication. Studies and publications argue that it isn’t your personality that is changing but rather your feelings of depression and anxiety.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Just like an inmate in a prison, those who experience inpatient psychiatric care also might experience a costume of sorts. The symbolism of wearing a hospital gown may adversely impact wellbeing and chances of recovery as well as increase patient distress and exposure or vulnerability. I’ve been an inpatient wearing a hospital gown.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 29, 2022

I was entrusted to a mental hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont at age fifteen. This would be the first of many unsuccessful psychiatric hospital stays. But I do believe there is a sliver of hope, and for people that suffer from severe depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, etc…sometimes that is all we need.

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Beautiful Voyager

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

On the other hand, as a peer specialist, I have noticed that in hospital or peer support group settings, men are overrepresented. Women predominate in the rates of common conditions such as anxiety and depression ( twice as much and more persistent than men ). Doctors are more likely to diagnose depression in women compared with men.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 14, 2023

Although studies varied to some extent in terms of their findings, cognitive flexibility did not appear to be consistently or strongly associated with a history of SITB when researchers accounted for other mental health problems like depression. Journal of Psychiatric Research , 158 , 157–164. Apfeldorf, W., Duberstein, P. Linehan, M.

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Gateway Foundation

MARCH 6, 2023

Do negative feelings like depression or stress cause your gambling? Reducing stress and depression triggers is essential to overcoming addiction. You can volunteer at a hospital or your local animal shelter to stop your gambling addiction. Do you look for excitement and find yourself gambling to combat boredom?

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KVC

JULY 20, 2021

By centralizing critical functions like Accounting and Human Resources, KVC’s local teams can focus on their core competencies such as social work, therapy and inpatient children’s psychiatric treatment. KVC Health Systems’ local subsidiaries are: KVC Hospitals. KVC Hospitals – Children’s Psychiatric Treatment.

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Learning Social Worker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Labelled as a schizophrenic or a manic depressive, the labels predominated. Instead, my attitudes reflected the prevailing social construction of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. Goffman’s book graphically described the way asylums (or hospitals) were often built in isolated spots and segregated from the wider community.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

DECEMBER 23, 2020

African Americans in the United States had (and likely continue to have) more infections, hospitalizations, and subsequent deaths from COVID-19 than any other racial/ethnic group (Milam et al., Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association , 1 (4). 2020; Yancy, 2020). Heilemann, M. Fauer, A., & Mead, M. Comas-Díaz, L.,

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Beautiful Voyager

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

What I have is called Bipolar Disorder, which, by definition, is a mental condition marked by alternating periods of elation and depression. It started out as depression here and there. In May of 2017, I experienced my first true manic episode followed by a brutal, soul-sucking depression. The worst I’ve ever had.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Around 70% of children meet diagnostic criteria for a mental health problem and among adults over 50% receive a psychiatric diagnosis. The study considered different levels of psychiatric care including diagnoses as well as hospitalizations for 11 psychiatric disorders including depression , anxiety , sleep, eating disorders and self-harm.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Depressive disorders specifically account for a considerable amount of that disability, partly due to their high prevalence (Patel et al., Other prospective epidemiological studies show high rates of depression and other forms of internalizing distress when assessed over the life course (Lorenzo-Luaces, 2015). 2021; Cuijpers et al.,

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Stop Abuse Campaign

OCTOBER 13, 2022

ACEs also contribute to depression and impulsivity , two other things tied to suicidality. . A priest sexually abused my mother, and she suffered crippling anxiety as an adult and was eventually diagnosed with depression. Parents or guardians typically give children their ACEs. I was an independent adult before anybody treated either.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

is an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a Psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. is a clinical research coordinator in the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Related Disorders program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Behavior Therapy , 51 (1), 1-14. Author Bios. Carlbring, P.,

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Stop Abuse Campaign

OCTOBER 13, 2022

ACEs also contribute to depression and impulsivity , two other things tied to suicidality. A priest sexually abused my mother, and she suffered crippling anxiety as an adult and was eventually diagnosed with depression. Parents or guardians typically give children their ACEs. I was an independent adult before anybody treated either.

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Social Workers Speak

APRIL 1, 2022

“The promise was ‘We’re going to pour all this money into the community and we won’t need these beds anymore,’” said Gina Corona, a social worker who has worked at Hutchings Psychiatric Center — a state-run hospital in Syracuse — for 16 years. Deirdre Ashley is a member: Alcohol can heighten depression.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Women are more likely than men to report using substances to self-medicate negative affect and are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression than men. Thus, consideration of co-occurring psychiatric symptoms and disorders may be particularly relevant for women with substance use disorders. Author Bio. Kathryn McHugh, Ph.D.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Sites included community mental health centers, inpatient mental health hospitals, school-based services, and specialized programs for substance use or chronic homelessness. Extensive evidence supports its effectiveness in clinical situations ranging from depression and anxiety, to psychosis, trauma, and addiction (Hofmann et al.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

JULY 13, 2018

CBT generally outperforms waitlist controls, placebo controls, other psychological treatments (for example, psychodynamic therapy), and in some cases, psychiatric medications for patients seeking treatment for anxiety disorders (Butler, Chapman, Forman, & Beck, 2006; Hofmann & Smits, 2008; Tolin, 2010). Hannah Levy, Ph.D.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 10, 2022

If we can deal with depression before it manifests into something that materializes into attempted suicides or cutting or some of the more violent elements of it, we can avoid some of those outcomes … I don’t want to see suicide rates go up. Melissa Donahue is a member: ‘Buddy’s Law’ dies in the House on deadline day.

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Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2021

Sometimes they talk about, say, anxiety or depression or hypomania, sometimes about relationship and work difficulties. Consider Maya Abbott, a ‘tall, dark, attractive woman of twenty-eight’ who has spent 9 of the last 10 years in a psychiatric hospital. Gaita is a 17 year old ward assistant in a psychiatric hospital.

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