Psychology & Psychiatry
Suicide rates continue to rise among Americans
The mental health crisis hitting Americans shows no sign of abating, with provisional numbers for 2022 showing suicides rose by another 2.6% last year.
Aug 10, 2023
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News tagged with health care crisis
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in over a dozen states
Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and psychiatric lockdowns for mental health crises—including suicidal thoughts—since she was 11.
Jul 14, 2023
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Addiction
California's fentanyl problem is getting worse
California has allocated more than $1 billion in recent years to combat its opioid crisis. Much of the money has been used to distribute fentanyl test strips and the overdose reversal drug naloxone, as well as deliver medical ...
May 25, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What is mental health?
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about mental health and mental illness.
May 19, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
More children and adolescents in mental health crisis since beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, finds Australian study
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a spike in the number of Australian children and adolescents presenting to hospital with mental health issues, according to a new study from UNSW Sydney researchers. The number of emergency ...
May 3, 2023
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Pediatrics
One-third of school-aged children report worrying weekly
More than one in three children ages 9 to 13 years worry at least once a week, according to the results of a survey released by Nemours Children's Health System.
Apr 27, 2023
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Radiology & Imaging
Special report looks at radiology's role in combatting climate change
The health care system is a substantial contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and radiology's role in the health care system presents an opportunity to lead low-carbon, sustainable initiatives in workplaces and communities, ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Rate of kids hospitalized in mental health crisis keeps rising
Children with mental health problems are flooding America's hospitals.
Mar 28, 2023
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Medications
As opioid deaths rise among teens, too few youth get anti-addiction drug
The number of American teenagers becoming addicted to opioids is on the rise, yet fewer are being prescribed a medication that can help them, a new government study finds.
Jan 24, 2023
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Medications
Creating a safer fentanyl. How researchers are making the deadly drug less addictive
A group of scientists say they've created a safer version of fentanyl that could potentially diminish the drug's addictive side effects, which have resulted in annual deaths of tens of thousands of people across the United ...
Jan 23, 2023
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