Posted on September 4, 2018
Washington Post
While you might think that your mental health is known only to you, your provider or family, you might be unwittingly revealing it to strangers online. A series of emojis, words, actions or even inactions can communicate how you feel at a given moment and when collected over time, comprise your “socionome” — a digital catalogue of your mental health that is similar to how your genome can provide a picture of your physical health.
READ MOREPosted on August 27, 2018
Associated Press
Discusses a new report looking into safety threats and security concerns in Pennsylvania schools which says there's a widespread need for better access to mental health services. The task force released the report that recommends expanded use of existing mental health programs and better ways to inform parents and students about what is currently available.
READ MOREPosted on August 27, 2018
GrandStand Central
Looks at a recent development that some NBA owners have been lobbying to get the mental health histories of players included in their medical records.
READ MOREPosted on August 24, 2018
St. Louis American
Missouri Foundation for Health has formed a new partnership with the City of St. Louis to address criminal justice reform. With support from the foundation, St. Louis is teaming up with FUSE Corp, a national nonprofit, to reduce the city’s jail population by 40 percent over the next five years and substantially improve behavioral health care at the facilities.
READ MOREPosted on August 23, 2018
Chicago Sun-Times
Discusses the benefit of joining a support group to not feel so isolated and mentions contacting NAMI via website or helpline for more information.
READ MOREPosted on August 21, 2018
CNN
Discusses how a daughter is determined to take her family's anguish and use it for good by advocating on behalf of other farmers who may be in crisis before it’s too late for them.
READ MOREPosted on August 19, 2018
Sacramento Bee
Discusses the uses of deadly force by police officers in cases involving individuals with mental illness and alternative non-lethal ways of handling the situation.
READ MOREPosted on August 15, 2018
Healthline
Discusses how traveling can create additional risks for people with a serious mental illness and provides tips that may help.
READ MOREPosted on August 3, 2018
CNBC
Discusses the rise in benzodiazepines prescriptions that overdose deaths involving benzodiazepines have quadrupled between 2002 and 2015, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
READ MOREPosted on August 3, 2018
Morning Consult
Opinoin piece on the issue of parity that points out the discrepancy between physical and behavioral health claims, and underscores the unfair and illegal nature of the insurance industry’s actions.
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