Search results for "Mental Health"
Integrate mental health into medical practice
Partnerships between internists and mental health professionals are rare but proving their worth. ... The medical and mental health clinicians then join forces to accomplish goals of care.
April 2011
A new day for mental health parity
health parity-- coverage for mental health equal to that of physical health (a flawed definition, I realize, because it implies the two are discrete). ... for Medicare patients' mental health services to 20%-- the current copay for physical services.
October 2020
Mental health needs integration into the primary care setting
These findings support the conclusion that there should be strong integration of medical and mental health care. ... Public mental health clients die 25 years earlier than the average life expectancy.
October 2020
QD: News Every Day--Baby boomers face care shortage for mental health, substance abuse issues
QD: News Every Day--Baby boomers face care shortage for mental health, substance abuse issues. ... of services, and training clinicians and other health professionals to recognize signs and symptoms of geriatric mental health conditions, neglect, and
October 2020
Down syndrome
A workgroup developed a new clinical guideline on care, including health screening, for adults with Down syndrome. ... The guideline, which was developed by the Global Down Syndrome Foundation Medical Care Guidelines for Adults with Down Syndrome
October 2020
Stigma
The psychiatry team has given their recommendations for the mental health parts.
October 2020
QD: News Every Day
In case you missed it:. Mental health issues affect 1 in 4 Americans, 1 in 17 severely. ... Fifty-nine percent of U.S. mental health drug prescriptions are written by family doctors, reports Researchers from Thomson Reuters and the U.S.
October 2020
Suicide, psychiatric care and inadequate resources
Starting in the 1960's a strong movement, led by mental health pioneers, pushed for deinstitutionalization. ... because most insurance plans had little or no coverage for mental health issues.
October 2020
Mental health issues, addiction concerns of legal marijuana
month). The report noted that substantial evidence in the literature linked marijuana use in adults with effects on cognitive functioning, memory, and mental health issues. ... According to Dr. Voth, concerns about mental health should be high on the
May 2015
QD: News Every Day--States announce tough times for Medicaid, mental health services
QD: News Every Day--States announce tough times for Medicaid, mental health services. ... Particularly at risk in New York are mental health services. (ACP Internist, Wall Street Journal).
October 2020