Psychology & Psychiatry
Millions affected by problem gambling have limited access to support, finds report
New research has shown a lack of support available for family members and friends of people with gambling problems.
Apr 26, 2023
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Medical economics
Study shows fewer uninsured children in Tennessee
The uninsured rate for children in Tennessee declined for the second straight year to just 2.3% for 2022—the lowest reported percentage since 2018, according to a new study by the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Medical economics
More businesses are offering online medical certificates and telehealth prescriptions. What are the pros and cons?
Telehealth has played an important role during the pandemic. Telephone and online consultations have enabled social distancing and kept patients and clinicians safe from transmissible infections.
Nov 28, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why it's wrong to blame online learning for causing mental health issues during COVID-19
Post-secondary student mental health is in crisis: Research shows students' mental health was adversely affected in the pandemic, and this falls on the heels of pre-existing concerns that campuses were struggling to keep ...
Nov 8, 2022
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Medical economics
Staff and facility administrator retention has been challenging for long-term care facilities
The pandemic has called attention to an issue that nursing home residents, their families and those who work in nursing homes have been aware of for a long time. Recruiting and retaining both the nursing home staff who provide ...
Aug 4, 2022
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Addiction
Telehealth helped alcohol and drug treatment services maintain support through COVID-19
In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the introduction of new health regulations, the delivery of specialized treatment by alcohol and other drug treatment services was impacted. As restrictions eased in most ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Digital mental health companies draw scrutiny and growing concerns
When Pat Paulson's son told her he was feeling anxious and depressed at college, Paulson went through her Blue Cross Blue Shield provider directory and started calling mental health therapists. No providers in the Wisconsin ...
Jul 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tackling the consequences of long COVID
A research team at the University of Zurich has helped people affected by long COVID identify the problems they most urgently want scientists to tackle, through a collaborative citizen science approach. The topics identified ...
Apr 28, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health services in the England are being 'Uberised,' and that's bad for patients and therapists
There is a mental health crisis in England, with rates of depression doubling since the COVID pandemic began. Strategies of "speaking up", mindfulness sessions at work, and national "happiness" campaigns have been touted ...
Oct 1, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Avatars may help elicit embarrassing information
People would rather give information to other people, although an anonymous avatar might be preferred if the information being shared is embarrassing, University of Otago research has found.
Sep 6, 2021
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