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The Silent Battlefront of Veteran Suicide and the Measures Being Taken to Help Them
…death, and 25% the week prior. These statistics make a very profound statement: how absolutely critical it is to be able to identify patients experiencing suicidality–including suicidal thoughts, plans, self-harm…
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The Lens of Loss: Perspectives of Family Members Following Suicide Loss
…unimpeded vision.” Jeanette Fairhurst’s daughter, Ali, was 23 when she passed, with the only warning to family of expressed suicidal ideation coming once, five years earlier. Fairhurst, her husband and…
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Preventing Suicide: Addressing Trauma-Related Symptoms in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
…Mental Health. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics Yates, K., Lång, U., Cederlöf, M., Boland, F., Taylor, P., Cannon, M., … & Kelleher, I. (2019). Association of psychotic experiences with subsequent risk of suicidal ideation,…
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Overdose Deaths Increased in Pregnant and Postpartum Women From Early 2018 to Late 2021
…to 34 (75.4% compared with 59.5%), be non-college graduates (72.1% versus 59.4%), be unmarried (88.0% vs. 62.1%), and die in “non-home, non-healthcare settings” (25.9% vs. 4.5%). Unlike most individuals who…
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Men Died of Overdose at 2-3 Times Greater a Rate Than Women in the U.S. In 2020-2021
…visit www.FindTreatment.gov. Reference: E. Butelman, et al. Overdose mortality rates for opioids and stimulant drugs are substantially higher in men than in women: State-level analysis. Neuropsychopharmacology. DOI: 10.1038/s41386-023-01601-8 (2023). This…
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To Improve Adolescent Mental Health, We May Need to Address Adverse World Events
…Prevention. WISQARS: Fatal Injury Data. Accessed November 29, 2018. American Psychological Association (2018). Stress in America: Generation Z. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2018/stress-gen-z.pdf 6. Warner, KE and Boat, TF et al (2009). Preventing Mental,…
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Helping Transition Age Youth and Young Adults Achieve their Goals
…2009. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. For more information, see also the TIP website: www.tip.fmhi.usf.edu/. Evaluation of Tempo MetroWest Young Adult Resource Center, Framingham, MA, 2010. www.umassmed.edu/hype/ 10. www.umassmed.edu/TransitionsACR/research/projects-by-grant/translating-evidence-to-support-transitions/…
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Make a 2016 Resolution to Talk About Mental Illness: Your Story Could Change a Life
…support a friend, family member or colleague who has a mental illness. Visit www.naminyc.iwilllisten.org/how-to-listen/ for more information. Sign up for a Mental Health First Aid course and learn the risk…
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Integrative Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders in Service Members, Veterans, and Military Families in a Civilian Inpatient Setting
…to Dr. Michael DeFalco at mdefalco@libertymgt.com. References Carlson, J., Chemtob, C.M., Rusnak, K., Hedlund, N.L, & Muraoka, M.Y. (1998). Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): Treatment for combat-related post-traumatic stress…
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The ECT Controversy
…Sackeim, a well-known proponent of ECT, whose 2007 study in Neuropsychopharmacology (www.nature.com/npp/journal/v32/n1/full/1301180a.html) concludes: “This study provides the first evidence in a large, prospective sample that adverse cognitive effects can persist…
