News Search Results for: Mental Health
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Date: Mar 12, 2024
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is requesting information to assist in the development of a national standard of practice for VA peer specialists. Outlines the proposed national standard of practice for VA peer specialists, who are Veterans who self-identify with a lived experience of recovery from a mental health condition and have been professionally trained to help other Veterans with similar experiences. Comments are due by May 13, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...health condition and have been professionally trained to help other Veterans with similar experiences. Comments are due by May 13, 2024. Tagged as Behavioral health workforce · Mental...
Date: Mar 19, 2024
Describes culturally relevant practices for mental healthcare for Native communities. Discusses therapy services available for students at the University of North Carolina and rural communities across North Carolina. Highlights health disparities and factors contributing to those disparities. Source: The Daily Tar Heel.
...Mental Health Disparities in Tribal Communities --- Describes culturally relevant practices for mental healthcare for Native...
Date: Mar 19, 2024
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is seeking comments on revisions to the Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) monitoring tools. Revisions include the inclusion of new cohorts, substantial revisions to the youth and adult questionnaires, updates to the data used to estimate response rates and expected numbers of participants by service duration. Comments are due by May 20, 2024. Source: Federal Register.
...Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is seeking comments on revisions to the Minority AIDS Initiative...
Date: Mar 22, 2024
Discusses suicide among rural men in Michigan, noting the issues of stigma and mental healthcare access. Discusses the results of an intervention targeting men and policy measures building on those successes. Source: The 'Gander.
...Mental Health --- Discusses suicide among rural men in Michigan, noting the issues of stigma and mental...
Date: Mar 26, 2024
Highlights a study in progress investigating eating disorders in rural Michigan teenagers. The study aims to identify rural environment characteristics and weight stigma that may contribute to eating disorders. Source: ABC12.
...eating disorders. Tagged as Children and youth · Health conditions · Health disparities · Mental health · Stigma · Michigan...
Date: Mar 27, 2024
Describes the Minnesota Bienvenido program, which provides support for rural Latino workers who are in high stress jobs with few support structures. Installments help participants connect with the community and learn skills to help manage stress and other emotions. Source: MinnPost.
...Mental Health Care for Minnesota's Migrant Workers --- Describes the Minnesota Bienvenido program, which provides...
Date: Mar 28, 2024
Highlights a helpline offered for farmers in the Texas panhandle following recent wildfires. Source: Public News Service.
...preparedness and response · Farmers and farmworkers · Mental health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Texas...
Date: Apr 2, 2024
Profiles a library in rural Louisiana offering telehealth services in an area with Primary, Dental, and Mental Healthcare Shortages. Discusses rural economic vitality including healthcare access. Source: The Current.
...Mental Healthcare Shortages. Discusses rural economic vitality including healthcare access. Tagged as Access · Community and economic development · Community and faith-based initiatives · Health...
Date: Apr 3, 2024
Highlights the challenges with access mental healthcare in rural communities. Describes a rural Tennessee program aiming to connect people with mental health needs in jails with local resources, noting that hospital closures limits healthcare options. Discusses mental health and other re-entry services offered after successful grant funding to fill gaps in care. Source: NewsChannel 5.
...mental healthcare in rural communities. Describes a rural Tennessee program aiming to connect people with mental health...
Date: Apr 8, 2024
Highlights a new mobile medical unit expanding mental healthcare access for veterans in Montana and Wyoming. The unit is the first offering transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy, a treatment typically given daily for multiple days. Receiving treatment through the mobile unit reduces transportation barriers for rural and frontier veterans. Source: VA News.
...Mental Health Service --- Highlights a new mobile medical unit expanding mental healthcare access for veterans...