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In the Age of AI, What Must Remain Human in Behavioral Health?
Artificial intelligence is moving quickly into behavioral health at a time when the field is already under intense strain. Demand is high, access is uneven, clinicians are stretched, and many are looking for a tool that can help them work faster and reach more people. That makes AI attractive. It...
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Does Mental Health Matter in the Workplace?
The question of whether physical or emotional health is more important often generates mixed responses. In reality, the two are deeply interconnected and each influences the other in meaningful ways. Despite this, mental health has historically been surrounded by stigma, making it easier for...
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Why More Adults Are Seeking ADHD and Mental Health Evaluations Later in Life
For decades, mental health evaluations were often viewed as something primarily sought by children, adolescents, or individuals experiencing severe psychiatric symptoms. Today, however, increasing numbers of adults — including many in midlife and beyond — are pursuing evaluations for...
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Parenting Through ADHD: What I Learned as a Clinician and a Mother
When I first noticed something was different about my son, I did not immediately think it was ADHD. That may sound surprising coming from someone with a clinical background in behavioral health, but the reality is that ADHD looks different in every child, especially when considering the stereotypes...
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Sawubona Healing Circles and the Path Toward Collective Healing
This article explores the pervasive impact of intergenerational racialized trauma and emphasizes the importance of healing spaces for marginalized groups. It examines how systemic socialization and traumatic interactions within family systems contribute to emotional suffering and behavioral...
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Returning People to Work Starts With Returning Them to Life – I Learned That as a Mother. Mental Health Recovery, Medical Privacy, How to Secure Mental Health Records
Mental health conversations are finally becoming more open in both our personal lives and the workplace. That is a good thing. For far too long, mental health struggles were hidden, misunderstood, or treated separately from overall wellness. As a mother, this subject is deeply personal to...
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New York State Announces Efforts to Bolster Maternal Mental Wellbeing
More than $18.4 Million Available to Expand HealthySteps, an Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative that Screened 108,000 New Yorkers for Maternal Depression in 2025 Office of Mental Health Awards $350,000 in 'Collaborative Care' Grants to Help OBGYN and Family Medicine Practices Provide...
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Administrative Overload: The Mental Health Toll on Your Staff and Your Business
The right workforce infrastructure makes for a healthier environment for everyone involved. Burnout is one of the catalysts more popularly associated with physicians, but administrative burnout is quietly destabilizing healthcare. More than three-quarters (76.4%) of national healthcare leaders...
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Recognizing the Role of Stress in Bipolar I Disorder Management
Each April, National Stress Awareness Month is a reminder to recognize the myriad ways stress enters each of our daily lives and to consider its impact on our health. In my work supporting people living with a serious mental illness (SMI) like bipolar I disorder (BD-I), I have observed how...
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Is Your Behavioral Health Facility Capturing All the Revenue It Needs?
Before co-founding Dazos, we operated a multi-state behavioral health organization with 10 facilities across five states. We struggled with the lack of accountability and transparency in our operations, feeling as though we were running our business blindly. Ultimately, we realized the tools we...
