Govenor Jerry Brown of California has signed a bill to ban so-called "reparative therapy" in minors.
http://www.keystothecloset.blogspot.com/2012/10/state-bans-gay-repair-therapy-for-minors.html
Reposted at http://www.darkestcloset.blogspot.com
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Review of Treatment Options
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Four new publications
review the effectiveness, benefits, and risks of treatments including:
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Adolescent Health: Partnerships in Practice
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 | 1:00-2:00 PM ET
In
celebration of SOPHE’s National
Health Education Week 2012, which focuses on promoting and establishing
healthy behaviors among our nation’s youth, the webinar will provide an
overview of the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) and discuss the new
evidence-based initiative to reduce teen pregnancy, HIV and other sexually
transmitted diseases, and risky sexual behavior among adolescents.
Join
Evelyn M. Kappeler, Director of OAH, as she discusses how OAH works in concert
with closely aligned programs supported by other HHS
agencies. Participants will learn about the Health and Human
Services (HHS) systematic review of the evidence base on programs to reduce
teen pregnancy, a key component underlying this new
initiative. Participants will learn about how the teen pregnancy
prevention evidence-based programs are being replicated and evaluated. The
webinar will also highlight new OAH resources available for health and social
service professionals who work with young people, including a web-based
resource center for HIV/AIDS prevention among adolescents, resources for those
working with expectant and parenting teens, and a searchable database of
adolescent.
To
register, please visit www4.gotomeeting.com/register/175915447.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Guidebook for African Americans and Mental Health
Psychiatric
News | May 04, 2012
Reposted at http:/www.darkestcloset.blogspot.com
A new
guidebook and DVD for African Americans with mental health concerns provides
educational material while addressing the still-pervasive stigma that often
keeps people from seeking treatment.
While emotional strength and
determination have enabled many members of the black community to overcome
great adversity throughout history, African Americans are still just as likely
to suffer from a mental illness as white Americans.
This is
just one of the facts highlighted in Mental Health: A Guide for
African Americans and Their Families, a new free public-education
tool developed by APA in partnership with the African Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Composed
of a 35-page guidebook and a DVD, the culturally tailored consumer-oriented
program focuses on the unique experience of a community in which racism,
discrimination, poverty, and lack of health insurance may limit access to
effective mental health treatment.
The
guidebook notes, for example, that African Americans are more likely than those
of other races or ethnicities to visit a health care clinician with complaints
of physical symptoms that are actually the manifestation of an untreated mental
illness.
And
negative associations with mental illness may also pose a barrier to members of
the black community seeking mental health care, according to the guidebook,
with one study finding that African Americans are much less willing than white
Americans to take medication for a mental illness.
“The
stigma is real in the African-American community when it comes to mental
illness,” says former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., now
director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of
Medicine, in the guidebook’s 22-minute companion DVD. “The good news is that we
now know so much more about mental illness than we did before.”
Also
providing commentary on the DVD about the different types of mental illness and
how best to treat them are Tracee Burroughs, M.D., of Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, and Michael Torres, M.D.,
medical director of Universal Counseling Services Inc. in Baltimore and
president of the Center for the Integration of Spirituality and Mental Health.
In
addition, the DVD features several African Americans speaking about their
experiences with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and posttraumatic
stress disorder.
The
guidebook and DVD also highlight the role that spirituality and “pastoral
counseling” often play in providing additional support to members of the black
community who are dealing with mental illness.
“APA
looks forward to disseminating widely this valuable resource to help reduce the
stigma surrounding mental illness in the black community and to encourage
treatment-seeking and a recovery-oriented approach to psychiatric care among
African Americans with mental health needs,” said Annelle Primm, M.D., M.P.H.,
director of APA’s Office of Minority and National Affairs.
“Mental
Health: A Guide for African Americans and Their Families” is available via
e-mail at apa@psych.org or
by phone at (888) 357-7924. The guidebook and a video of the DVD content are
also available for download on APA’s Web site atwww.psychiatry.org/practice/professional-interests/diversityomna/diversity-resources/----mental-health--a-guide-for-african-americans-and-their-families.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Psychiatric Patients Languish in ERs
This is an article on the national problem of psychiatric patients waiting for service in hospital emergency rooms and a new Colorado hospital chain targeting this population with 40-bed psych units.
http://keystothecloset.blogspot.com/2012/06/psychiatric-patients-languish-in.html
http://keystothecloset.blogspot.com/2012/06/psychiatric-patients-languish-in.html
New On-line Resource for Health Info Law
| "Those in the fields of law, health care, consumer protection, information technology, public health, and insurance now have a single destination for up-to-date information on health information law and changes in the legal and policy landscapes that affect its implementation. Researchers at Legal Barriers, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, have developed HealthInfoLaw.org—a website designed to serve as a practical, online resource regarding laws governing access, use, release, and publication of health information. The site addresses the legal issues that arise as health information moves fully into an electronic phase, as well as how the revolution in how health information is created, collected, and exchanged affects classic legal issues such as privacy, confidentiality, and liability for the quality and safety of health care. HealthInfoLaw.org is an especially useful resource for those involved in regional quality improvement collaboratives, as it enables users to see and understand the ways in which state law intersects with federal requirements and programs." Reposted at http://www.darkestcloset.com |
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