BHN Fall 2025 Issue

“Innovations in Understanding and Treating Anxiety and Depression”

BHN Fall 2025 Issue

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About This Issue

The Fall 2025 issue of Behavioral Health News explores Innovations in Understanding and Treating Anxiety and Depression, two of today’s most pressing mental health challenges.

Contributors examine these conditions across the lifespan, from childhood fears to the unique needs of older adults, while exploring how trauma, social inequities, and co-occurring conditions shape experiences and outcomes. Articles feature emerging therapies, integrated care models, peer support, telehealth, and cutting-edge approaches like transcranial magnetic stimulation and virtual reality. Together, they offer fresh perspectives for more compassionate, person-centered, and effective care in today’s complex behavioral health landscape.

Articles in This Issue

Innovations in Understanding and Treating Anxiety and Depression

A Harm Reduction Approach to Informed and Compassionate Care

An Epidemic of Anxiety and Depression Requires a Reevaluation of Conventional Treatment

Anticipatory Anxiety: Understanding It and How to Manage It

Beyond the Chemical Imbalance: Rethinking Depression and Anxiety

Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults: Symptoms, Cognitive Impact, and Supportive Activities

Bridging the Tech Gap: How Ambient Monitoring Is Modernizing Mental Health Facilities

Building Resilience: Early Intervention and Prevention Strategies for Youth at Risk of Anxiety, Depression, and Substance Use

Caring for Caregivers: Why They Need to Protect Their Own Mental Health

Childhood Anxiety Treatment: Should You Choose Pills or Skills?

Collaborative Care Improves Outcomes in Depression and Anxiety

Cultivating a Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Workforce

Enhanced Care for Older Adults with Anxiety and Depression

From Childhood Fears to Adult Anxieties: Understanding Anxiety Across the Lifespan

From Research to Recovery: Transforming Anxiety and Depression Care in New York

Hope, Healing, and Peer Support: A Path Through Depression

How Multidisciplinary Care Improves Outcomes for Anxiety and Depression

Ira Minot, MHNE Founder, Bids Farewell: Looking Forward to New Challenges

Managing Polypharmacy in Individuals with Anxiety and/or Depression

Polyvagal Exercises for IBS Symptom Management

Rewriting Recovery: A Mind-Body Model for OCD and Depression

Staff Engagement Improves Patient Wellbeing in Psychiatric Settings

Suicide Risks with Depression, Anxiety and Co-occurring Depression/Anxiety

Telehealth Versus Face-to-Face Therapy for Treating Anxiety: Evidence-Based Considerations for Clinicians

The Connection Between Tobacco, Depression, and Anxiety

The Overlapping Roots of Mental Health Disparities: Poverty, Racism, and Trauma as Social Determinants

The Power of Integration: How Combining Evidence-Based and Holistic Therapies Creates Lasting Mental Health Recovery

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Is Transforming Depression and Anxiety Care

Trauma-Informed Treatment of Anxiety: Empowerment Through Education

Using Virtual Reality to Address Loneliness and Increase Social Connectedness in a Personalized Recovery-Oriented Services (PROS) Program for Older Adults

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