Chronic Pain, Quality of Life, and Suicidal Behavior

• By: Thomas Grinley, MS, MBA, CMQ/OE, LSSGB, CCISM New Hampshire Dept. of Health and Human Services
• April 24th, 2024
• chronic pain, pain tolerance, quality of life, Spring 2024 Issue, suicidal ideation, suicide prevention
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In the mid-1970s, Quality of Life (QOL) was identified as a key medical concept (Berlim and Fleck, 2003). Readily adopted in oncology, the concept spread through different fields of medicine and eventually to psychiatry. Many tools were developed to take QOL from a subjective concept to a...

Lessons Learned in Effectively Advancing Co-Occurring Competent Care

• By: William A. Mullane, PhD Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) Stephanie Marquesano, JD The Harris Project Michael Orth, MSW Westchester County Department of Community Mental Health
• October 23rd, 2023
• behavioral health, co-occurring disorders, co-occurring system of care, evidence-based practices, Fall 2023 Issue, integrated care, mental health screening, serious mental illness, substance use disorders, suicidal ideation, suicide, suicide risk assessment, systemic change, treatment, warning signs
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Recently, there has been great emphasis on enhancing organizational co-occurring competency and for good reason. Climbing overdose and suicide rates, with bi-directional contribution from mental health (MH) and substance use disorders (SUD), reflect our need to do better serving those with multiple...

Understanding and Detecting the Signs of Serious Mental Illness and Suicidal Ideation

• By: Rola Aamar, PhD Relias
• July 19th, 2023
• mental health screening, serious mental illness, suicidal ideation, suicide, suicide risk assessment, Summer 2023 Issue, warning signs
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Serious mental illness and suicidal ideation are two of the largest problems in American healthcare today. In fact, while one-in-five American adults have any mental illness, approximately 1 in 20 adults in the U.S. are affected by serious mental illness, or a mental illness that significantly...

How Mental Health Stigma Drives Suicide Risk

• By: Tony Salvatore, MA Montgomery County Emergency Service
• July 14th, 2022
• mental health, self-harm, stigma, suicidal ideation, suicidal intent, suicide, suicide prevention, suicide risk, Summer 2022 Issue, wellness
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The inter-relationship between suicide risk, mental illness, and stigma against mental illness is multi-faceted and strong. Both mental illness and suicide are highly stigmatized. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) identifies mental illness as a significant risk factor for...

Relief from Decades of Treatment-Resistant Depression Comes with Metabolite Replacement Therapy Trial

• By: Fatima Bhojani Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF)
• July 1st, 2018
• cerebral folate deficiency, folate deficiency, major depression, metabolic disorders, neurotransmitters, serotonin, suicidal ideation, treatment resistant depression
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Bruce had tried everything. And yet, for three decades, he could not find any relief from his debilitating depression and suicidal thoughts. Twenty medications. Electroconvulsive therapy. Countless hours of counseling and cognitive behavioral therapy. Nothing had worked. Of the 15 million...

Impulsivity as a Predictor of Suicidality

• By: Pablo Idez, LCSW, CMC Long Island Psychotherapy and Counseling
• April 1st, 2018
• anxiety and avoidance, impulsivity, mental health intervention, pain desensitization, risk factors, self preservation, suicidal ideation, suicide risk
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Few topics trigger more dread to the human experience than death. Discussing death brings up fears of the unknown and loss of personal control- two of the primary components of anxiety. We know that when anxiety arises, avoidance is one of the more predictable coping mechanisms and as such, death...