Feds Make Big Funding Push for More Mental Health Clinics
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The federal government is pumping millions more dollars into an effort to expand the United States’ network of community mental health centers.Up to 15 states now can apply for $1 million grants to help plan …
Learn MorePsychotic Disorders May Raise Risk for Later Dementia
TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There is a substantial association between psychotic disorders and subsequent dementia, according to a review published online Oct. 6 in Psychological Medicine.Sara El Miniawi, from University College London,…
Learn MoreAmericans Are Prioritizing Mental Health, With New 988 Hotline There to Help
MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) — As the 988 crisis line debuts across the United States, a new Harris Poll shows that Americans are ready to make mental health and suicide prevention a top priority.Over eight in 10 adults now believe it’s mor…
Learn More¿Podría una receta de ácido fólico ayudar a prevenir el suicidio?
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — Más de 1 millón de estadounidenses intentaron suicidarse en 2020, y un nuevo estudio señala a una forma potencial de reducir ese riesgo: recetar ácido fólico.El estudio, de más de 800,000 estadouni…
Learn MoreLas tasas de suicidio aumentaron en 2021 en EE. UU., lo que revierte dos años de reducción
VIERNES, 30 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — La tasa de suicidio de Estados Unidos aumentaron en 2021, tras dos años de reducción, según datos preliminares de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU.El núme…
Learn MoreU.S. Suicide Rates Rose in 2021, Reversing 2 Years of Decline
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The suicide rate in the United States increased in 2021, following two years of decline, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The number of suicides increased…
Learn MoreCould a Folic Acid Prescription Help Prevent Suicide?
FRIDAY, Sept. 30, 2022 (HealthDay News) — More than 1 million Americans attempted suicide in 2020, and a new study is hinting at a potential way to reduce that risk: prescription folic acid.The study, of more than 800,000 Americans in a health care d…
Learn MoreTelehealth May Increase Use of Specialty Care for Serious Mental Illness
THURSDAY, Sept. 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Greater county-level use of telemental health visits is associated with modest increases in contact with outpatient specialty mental health care professionals and a greater likelihood of follow-up after hos…
Learn MoreAumentan las llamadas a la nueva línea de ayuda contra el suicidio, el 988
LUNES, 12 de septiembre de 2022 (HealthDay News) — El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS) de EE. UU. lanzó una nueva línea de ayuda contra el suicidio que solo usa los números 988 en julio, y ahora unos datos recientes muestran que las ll…
Learn MoreNew 988 Suicide Hotline Sees Increase in Calls for Help
MONDAY, Sept. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a new suicide and crisis hotline using just the numbers 988 in July, and now new data show calls climbed 45 percent compared with the same time last y…
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