Humane Prison Hospice Movie Screening at FSU Law
Published: | 1:16 pm | Posted in: Health Care, Mental Health, Preventive Health
Join the Elder Law Clinic, PILSA, and ACJ for a movie screening of “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” and panel discussion with the Humane Prison Hospice Project, an organization focused on ensuring that incarcerated individuals receive compassionate end-of-life care from trained peers.
AARP – Brain Health Lunch and Learn
Published: | 4:36 pm | Posted in: Events, Health Care, Mental Health, Preventive Health
Join AARP FL for a transformative Lunch and Learn session focused on the power of restorative sleep for brain health. Discover the latest research on how quality sleep can enhance cognitive function, mood, and overall health. Tracy Eckles, DDS will provide practical tips on improving sleep patterns and creating a restful environment.
Battling The Mental Health Crisis Through State Medicaid Reforms
Published: | 11:43 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
Total deaths from suicide, alcohol, or drugs, what some call “deaths of despair,” increased by 51 percent from 2005 to 2016 in the United States, and drug overdose deaths increased by 16 percent per year between 2014 and 2017. These statistics reflect the well-documented opioid crisis and what some experts have called a national “mental […]
Media and Mental Illness in a Post-Truth Era
Published: | 9:00 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
It has been argued convincingly that the public’s primary source of information about mental illness is the media: news, entertainment, and the echo chamber of social media. These depictions cue, frame, and otherwise guide our interpretive frameworks in both obvious and subtle ways. Visual media may be especially compelling and impactful in guiding social awareness, […]
Assessment of 3-dimensional wisdom in schizophrenia: Associations with neuropsychological functions and physical and mental health
Published: | 5:44 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
Recent decades have seen growing empirical research in wisdom as a complex, trait-based psychological characteristic. Wisdom has been shown to possess individual and societal benefits through associations with health and well-being, but it has not yet been evaluated in people with schizophrenia (PwS). In the current study, we administered a widely used, validated 3-dimensional wisdom […]
The Affordable Care Act and the Faltering Revolution in Behavioral Health Care
Published: | 3:20 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
Often described in such terms as a “revolution” and a “game-changer” for the behavioral health sector in the United States, the Affordable Care Act has helped to enhance coverage for mental health and substance use disorders while encouraging service system innovations at the organizational level. However, tens of millions of Americans still lack health insurance, […]
Inside the nation’s largest mental health institution: a prevalence study in a state prison system
Published: | 5:52 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
Background The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world which has created a public health crisis. Correctional facilities have become a front line for mental health care. Public health research in this setting could inform criminal justice reform. We determined prevalence rates for mental illnesses and related comorbidities among all inmates in […]
A Tale of Two Diseases: Mental Illness and HIV/AIDS
Published: | 5:10 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
In 2011, I was speaking at an international AIDS conference where the first two speakers were from UNAIDS and Harvard. UNAIDS announced a new campaign: Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections, Zero AIDS‐Related Deaths, and Zero Discrimination. (A year later, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for an AIDS‐Free Generation.) The Harvard researcher reported the […]
County Jail or Psychiatric Hospital? Ethical Challenges in Correctional Mental Health Care
Published: | 5:31 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
Abstract Approximately 20% of the roughly 2.5 million individuals incarcerated in the United States have a serious mental illness (SMI). As a result of their illnesses, these individuals are often more likely to commit a crime, end up incarcerated, and languish in correctional settings without appropriate treatment. The objective of the present study was to […]
Projected Workforce of Psychiatrists in the United States: A Population Analysis
Published: | 5:59 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
Abstract Objective: This analysis quantified and assessed the projected workforce of psychiatrists in the United States through 2050 on the basis of population data. Methods: With use of data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (2000–2015), American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (2000–2015), and U.S. Census Bureau (2000–2050), the psychiatrist workforce was projected through […]
Among The Elderly, Many Mental Illnesses Go Undiagnosed
Published: | 8:52 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
Few health care providers have the training to address depression, anxiety, and other conditions in their older patients. By now, warnings about the impact of an aging population on the nation’s health care system have become familiar: rising numbers of seniors with diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses; increased costs; and a strained geriatric […]
Lessons From Medicaid’s Divergent Paths On Mental Health And Addiction Services
Published: | 8:48 pm | Posted in: Mental Health
Over the past fifty years Medicaid has taken divergent paths in financing mental health and addiction treatment. In mental health, Medicaid became the dominant source of funding and had a profound impact on the organization and delivery of services. But it played a much more modest role in addiction treatment. This is poised to change, […]