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Hope Starts With Us: Indigenous Mental Health & Well-Being
In this episode of NAMI’s podcast, NAMI CMO Dr. Ken Duckworth speaks with Dr. Joseph Gone, an enrolled member of the Aaniiih-Gros Ventre tribal Nation of Montana and a professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (Anthropology) and in the Faculty of Medicine (Global Health and Social Medicine) at Harvard University, where he also serves as the Faculty Director of the Harvard University Native American Program. In light of Native American Heritage Month, Dr. Duckworth and Dr. Gone discuss what healing looks like outside of the traditional western perspective, how we can promote Indigenous wellness, and what we can learn about resilience and hope from Native communities.
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My Son Has Schizophrenia. This is My Advice to Caregivers.
Having hope isn’t naïve. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on 2022 Year-End Priorities
Letter to Congressional leadership urging prioritization of crisis services funding and policy changes to cover crisis services in Medicaid and Medicare in any 2022 year-end package. -
Confronting Mental Health Challenges in Rural America
Mental health is an integral part of overall health, but this critical component of our well-being is often overlooked in rural America. -
Regulatory Comment to HHS Secretary on Medicaid & Criminal Justice
Regulatory comments to HHS Secretary Becerra, commenting in favor of New Hampshire’s Medicaid waiver extension request. -
Letter to Congressional Leadership on Medicare and Crisis Services
Letter to Congressional leadership, urging the enactment of Medicare mobile crisis intervention services in the Medicare program in the end-of-the-year legislative package. -
APA Releases 2022 National Survey on COVID-19 Practitioner Impact
This month, the American Psychological Association released results from its third annual COVID-19 Practitioner Impact Survey in which it surveyed nearly 63,000 active, licensed psychologists in the U.S. In 2022, 79% of psychologists reported an increase in patients with anxiety since the pandemic began, 66% in patients with depression, and 26% in patients with severe mental illness. Despite the increased need for mental health care, 60% of psychologists report having no openings for new patients.Telehealth has been critical to providing treatment as 31% of respondents report exclusively using telehealth and 58% report using a hybrid approach. To learn more, see the report from the American Psychological Association. -
Study Finds Adverse Social Determinants of Health Associated with Risk for Self-Harm in Youth
Social determinants of health (SDoHs) are the conditions present in a person’s life that impact health outcomes and quality of life. A recent analysis of Medicaid claims data of 245,000 youth with a psychiatric diagnosis examined the relationship between SDoHs and self-harm. Controlling for demographic characteristics and clinical diagnoses, adverse SDoHs such as abuse and neglect, child welfare placement and parent-child conflict were significantly associated with self-harm. Researchers advocate for collecting SDoH data in medical records to help identify and intervene in cases of youth at risk for self-harm and suicide. To learn more, see the article in Psychiatric Services. -
Surviving Suicide Loss and Embracing the Power of Remembrance
In prevention efforts, there is plenty of room to include remembering, talking about and sharing our love for those we have lost to suicide. -
Letter to DEA Administrator and US Attorney General on Medication Access, Telehealth and COVID-19
Letter to Attorney General Garland and DEA Administrator Milgram, urging action to ensure patients are able to continue receiving treatment where and when they need it once the PHE ends and until the promulgation of the Special Registration for Telemedicine Rules.