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Black Youth Mental Health and Its Impact on Suicide in the United States

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An issue that has gone largely unexplored until recently, however, is the alarming rise of suicide rates among Black youth and the general state of mental health in this group. In the past, research on youth suicide focused mainly on white youth, leaving holes in our understanding of mental health and suicidality among Black youth.

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What Does KVC Stand For?

KVC

KVC’s Positive Impact Grows Nationally During the 1980-90s, KVC grew to represent one of the broadest child welfare and behavioral healthcare continuums of care in the nation. This made it possible for KVC to meet the needs of any child and family, extending all the way to inpatient children’s mental health hospitals when needed.

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

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Individuals affected by collective trauma may also exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, or other mental health disorders. The trauma can manifest in somatic complaints, exacerbating physical health conditions. For an example of how this plays out, we can reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Why Successful Integrated Care Management Matters

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According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), integrated care is defined as “the systematic coordination of general and behavioral healthcare.” In short it defines what it means for patients to receive holistic, health literate care.

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NASW Observes Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Month

Social Work Blog

Social workers are the largest group of mental health providers in the United States and treatment of PTSD is one of their specialty areas. Identify future areas of work/growth, boundaries as practitioners as the continued need for mental health treatment remains an essential service during the COVID 19 pandemic in the U.S.

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Your Healthy Outlook Can Promote Resilience and Recovery in Older Adults

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Although many older adults remain mentally healthy, the World Health Organization says about 15% of adults over 60 have a mental disorder. Yet many older adults may go undiagnosed and untreated because of misinformation, false beliefs about aging, and the stigma associated with mental health issues, as Daniel D.

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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. To help your organization provide the best response possible, we’ve put together this resource on disaster behavioral health. How disasters can affect behavioral and mental health. Disasters happen.