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November 2019 – Additional Mental Health Related Articles and Videos from Around the Nation NAMI Releases First Free Online Class for Parents of Children with Mental Illness Video - NAMI Basics OnDemand is an online version of the in-person NAMI Basics: a free, six-session education program for parents, caregivers and other family who provide care for youth aged 22 or younger who are experiencing mental health symptoms. REGISTER TODAY » Stop the Stigma: A Conversation About Mental Health - CBS This Morning did a special one-hour live broadcast focused on mental illness, “Stop the Stigma” which featured Ken Duckworth, NAMI’s medical director. The show also featured a studio audience of people affected by mental illness. WATCH NOW » The Washington Post: The Big Number: 3 Or More Hours A Day Of Social Media Use Hurts Youths’ Mental Health - Might time spent on social media — YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the like — affect young people’s mental health? Yes, says a report by Johns Hopkins and other researchers, published in JAMA Psychiatry. For instance, they found that 12- to 15-year-olds who typically spent three or more hours a day on social media were about twice as likely to experience depression, anxiety, loneliness, aggression or antisocial behavior as were adolescents who did not use social media. As the youths’ social media time increased, so did their risk, making them four times more likely than nonusers to have these problems if they spent more than six hours a day on social media. (Searing, 9/30) Autism Insurance Coverage Now Required In All 50 States - After officials in the last holdout state enacted a new rule, all 50 states and Washington, D.C. have mandates that require some level of insurance coverage for the treatment of autism. Read More > Bp Magazine - 7 Movies about Real People with Bipolar - Read more >> ‘Out here, it’s just me’: In the medical desert of rural America, one doctor for 11,000 square miles - The federal government now designates nearly 80 percent of the rural United States as "medically underserved."- By Eli Saslow ● Read more » To boost workforce, medical schools try to sell rural life - The schools send students to live in small towns and train with rural doctors. Some also organize outings and cultural experiences to try to sell students on living there after they graduate. READ MORE > Workforce grants target students as first step to boost caregiver diversity - HRSA grants awarded to aid in medical training for disadvantaged students are boosting diversity in the health workforce by first cultivating a more diverse student body. READ MORE > MPR: Mental Health Is Focus Of Hearing On Police Use Of Deadly Force - Mental health took center stage as law enforcement officers, county attorneys, elected officials and other community leaders gathered Saturday in Mankato for the second meeting of a state working group on police use of deadly force. (Roth, 9/28) The Washington Post: ‘Out Here, It’s Just Me’: In The Medical Desert Of Rural America, One Doctor For 11,000 Square Miles - In the medical desert that has become rural America, nothing is more basic or more essential than access to doctors, but they are increasingly difficult to find. The federal government now designates nearly 80 percent of rural America as “medically underserved.” It is home to 20 percent of the U.S. population but fewer than 10 percent of its doctors, and that ratio is worsening each year because of what health experts refer to as “the gray wave.” Rural doctors are three years older than urban doctors on average, with half over 50 and more than a quarter beyond 60. Health officials predict the number of rural doctors will decline by 23 percent over the next decade as the number of urban doctors remains flat. (Saslow, 9/28) San Francisco Chronicle: Suicides In California Prisons Rise Despite Decades Of Demands For Reform The suicide rate inside California prisons, long one of the highest among the nation’s largest prison systems, jumped to a new peak in 2018 and remains elevated in 2019, despite decades of effort by federal courts and psychiatric experts to fix a system they say is broken and putting lives at risk, a Chronicle investigation has found. Last year, an average of three California inmates killed Page 1 of 21 November 2019 – Additional Mental Health Related Articles and Videos from Around the Nation themselves each month in state cells — 34 total suicides in a system with 129,000 inmates. That amounts to an annual rate of 26.3 deaths per 100,000 people, the highest rate in California since at least 2006. (Fagone and Cassidy, 9/29) Los Angeles Times: Mental Illness Was My Family's Secret — And America's Great Shame - In 2011, I began a professional and personal journey to understand my profession’s abandonment of our sickest patients. I had been trained as a psychiatrist at an Ivy League medical center on the East Coast. Like most of my colleagues in my generation, I did not end up treating those with schizophrenia and severe bipolar disorder. Also, like many people in my field, I had a personal connection to the disease that I kept to myself. When I was 14, Merle, my beautiful and kind 20-year-old sister, developed schizophrenia. My older sister, Gail, eventually took Merle to the hospital in Philadelphia, our hometown. After two weeks of failed treatment, my parents promptly took her out. (Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, 9/29) Tampa Bay Times: The Baker Act Is Supposed To Protect Patients, Not Profits - A patient admitted to a Florida mental health facility under the Baker Act is vulnerable, judged to be a threat to himself or others -- or in self-neglect -- and unable to make decisions regarding his own care. In allowing a person’s liberty to be denied for up to 72 hours pending an evaluation, the state carries an immense burden of ensuring proper treatment and that no person is held a minute longer than medically necessary. A troubling Times investigation about North Tampa Behavioral Health calls for more vigorous state oversight to ensure patients’ rights are fully respected. (9/27) Bp Magazine - Everything You Need to Know about “Coming Out” about Your Bipolar Disorder - Read more >> Bp Magazine - Patience: The Antidote to Imminent Irritation - Read more >> Bp Magazine - 6 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Improve Your Recovery - Read more >> NIH Funding For Down Syndrome Research Balloons - With millions of new dollars for research on Down syndrome, federal officials have effectively doubled their investment in understanding the chromosomal disorder in the last year alone. Read More > Apartments Pair People With Developmental Disabilities, Older Adults - A new apartment complex on the site of a former institution will house people with disabilities alongside older adults in what developers tout as a unique model, but not everyone is on board. Read More > The Washington Post: With The Affordable Care Act’s Future In Doubt, Evidence Grows That It Has Saved Lives - Poor people in Michigan with asthma and diabetes were admitted to the hospital less often after they joined Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. More than 25,000 Ohio smokers got help through the state’s Medicaid expansion that led them to quit. And around the country, patients with advanced kidney disease who went on dialysis were more likely to be alive a year later if they lived in a Medicaid-expansion state. Such findings are part of an emerging mosaic of evidence that, nearly a decade after it became one of the most polarizing health-care laws in U.S. history, the ACA is making some Americans healthier — and less likely to die. (Goldstein, 9/30) The Wall Street Journal: A New Death Shakes A Campus Rattled By Student Suicides - On a quiet Sunday afternoon at the University of Pennsylvania, a dozen students sat in a circle, turned to one another, and asked: “Are you thinking of killing yourself?” ... With 14 student suicides in the past six years, this Ivy League university has been asking hard questions and has bolstered its mental-health resources. But the recent death by suicide of a high-profile mental-health administrator— Gregory Eells, executive director of Penn’s Counseling and Psychological Services program that provides therapy sessions for students—highlighted the complexity of the school’s continuing battle against suicide. (Calfas, 9/30) Autism and Picky Eating - Practical tips for parents of kids with problem mealtime behaviors. - READ MORE ▸ Do Autism Behaviors Have Medical Causes? - Some persistent problem behaviors turn out to be treatable illnesses. - READ MORE ▸ Page 2 of 21 November 2019 – Additional Mental Health Related Articles and Videos from Around the Nation Sensory Processing Issues Explained - Oversensitivity, tantrums, clumsiness: all could point to problems taking in the world. - READ MORE ▸ More Than Picky Eating - Kids with a serious aversion to many foods may need help with overcoming avoidance. - READ MORE ▸ How Can We Help Kids With Transitions? - With the right support, children can learn to change gears without whining and tantrums. READ MORE ▸ How to Handle Tantrums - Tips for helping children learn better ways to express powerful emotions. READ MORE ▸ Sheriffs are shirking bills for inmates' hospital care through a crafty practice called “medical bond.” Sheriffs across Alabama are increasingly releasing ill inmates to avoid having to pay for medical emergencies or expensive procedures. Once they recover, some inmates are quickly rearrested and booked back into the jail from which they were released. (AL.com) The New York Times: Hysterectomy May Raise Depression And Anxiety Risk - Women who have a hysterectomy may be at increased risk for depression and anxiety, a new study reports.