Amid heightened demand for mental health care, a new study finds that nearly two-thirds of Medicare Advantage psychiatrist networks contain less than 25% of all psychiatrists in a given service area.
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Almost three weeks after Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, signed a bill making it a felony for doctors to provide gender-affirming care to transgender minors, a judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing ...
Jul 3, 2023
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Concerns were raised about the risk of suicide among health care workers during the pandemic after a number of high-profile cases were reported in the media. Researchers from the University of Bristol, King's College London ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Abigail McGowan went numb the day after the music stopped.
Jun 16, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the mental health of health care workers across the world. Most reported increased levels of stress and anxiety early in the pandemic from constant exposure to patient deaths and later ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Social media can often be one of the first places people with anxiety turn for information and coping strategies. But is what they come across accurate or even helpful?
Jun 8, 2023
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A new study followed more than 7,000 middle aged and older Canadians for approximately three years to understand whether higher rates of social participation were associated with successful aging in later life. They found ...
Jun 7, 2023
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New research shows Australian health care practitioners are often prescribing medicinal cannabis for psychiatric conditions where the evidence for effectiveness is unclear.
Jun 6, 2023
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Mental health monitoring tools offer many potential benefits, but they also implicate power issues, which is why people with lived experience of mental illness have told Flinders University researchers they want more input ...
Jun 5, 2023
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A new cohort study has provided compelling evidence that quitting smoking can lead to improved mental health outcomes among people with and without mental health disorders, alleviating concerns raised by both clinicians and ...
Jun 1, 2023
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