It's a largely overlooked aspect of mental health care that needs swift resolution—which is why volunteers are being asked by Flinders University's Professor Sharon Lawn and David Lawrence from The University of Western ...
Mar 15, 2021
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Chicago emergency room doctor Meeta Shah wiped down her face shield and stethoscope as she rushed from one patient to the next, some of them very sick with COVID-19, some of them dying.
Mar 1, 2021
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Borderline Personality Disorder, or BPD, is the most common personality disorder in Australia, affecting up to 5% of the population at some stage, and Flinders University researchers warn more needs to be done to meet this ...
Feb 4, 2021
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During the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, people were encouraged to help control the virus with the message to "stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives". While there was no specific instruction to avoid seeking medical ...
Jan 21, 2021
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The daily toll of COVID-19, as measured by new cases and the growing number of deaths, overlooks a shadowy set of casualties: the rising risk of mental health problems among health care professionals working on the frontlines ...
Jan 12, 2021
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For people living with opioid use disorder, the path to treatment is not always clear-cut. Sometimes, there's no path at all.
Dec 16, 2020
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Even before the pandemic, older Americans had concerns about seeking emergency care because of the costs they might face, the amount of time they might spend in the waiting room and the worry that they might end up hospitalized.
Dec 15, 2020
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A pair of University of Manitoba studies show the detrimental impact on patients' physical and mental health caused by surgical cancelations and postponements. These findings are especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Oct 23, 2020
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A Dartmouth-led study, published in the journal Pediatrics, offers new details about pediatric mental health boarding in emergency departments across the country, a problem that has steadily increased in the last 10 years ...
Sep 25, 2020
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Telehealth is a bit of American ingenuity that seems to have paid off in the coronavirus pandemic. Medicare temporarily waived restrictions predating the smartphone era and now there's a push to make telemedicine widely ...
Aug 30, 2020
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