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Current Pharmacotherapy

University of Connecticut

Kristin Waters, a clinical pharmacist in psychiatry and assistant clinical professor at the UConn School of Pharmacy will join us to examine current pharmacotherapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders and Alcohol Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder. The second hour of the webinar will focus on Alcohol Use Disorder and Opioid Use Disorder.

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Kids and the Mental Health Pandemic

Shelter, Inc

For example, psychologist Tali Raviv from Northwestern University published a study involving over 40,000 Chicago Public School children from kindergarten through 12 th grade in April 2021. Positive metrics included feeling relaxed and hopeful , with negative metrics including depression and anxiety.

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Kids and the Mental Health Pandemic

Shelter, Inc

For example, psychologist Tali Raviv from Northwestern University published a study involving over 40,000 Chicago Public School children from kindergarten through 12 th grade in April 2021. Positive metrics included feeling relaxed and hopeful , with negative metrics including depression and anxiety.

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Why Successful Integrated Care Management Matters

Relias

This means considering things like: Referring working patients to clinics that offer extended hours Referring Medicaid patients to well-known psychiatric units that work well with their insurance And more Building rapport and understanding the patient more fully can help PCPs direct patients to the appropriate resource and encourage follow-ups.

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Challenges That Lead to Provider Burnout Among Clinicians

Relias

For providers, untreated burnout can lead to fatigue, depression, and even suicidal ideation. Though the level to which an individual exhibits these signs will vary from person to person, there are universal indicators of burnout. The job of a healthcare provider is stressful and can lead anyone on the road to burnout.

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What is Mild Intellectual Disability (MID)

Gary Direnfeld

The DSM is a compilation and classification of mental disorders as determined by a committee of psychiatrists under the American Psychiatric Association. Similarly, the term manic/depressive is no longer used in favor of Bipolar, also with several subtypes. They will just in a sense, live it.

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Letter From a Bipolar Mom to Her Children

Beautiful Voyager

What I have is called Bipolar Disorder, which, by definition, is a mental condition marked by alternating periods of elation and depression. It started out as depression here and there. In May of 2017, I experienced my first true manic episode followed by a brutal, soul-sucking depression. The worst I’ve ever had.