“The current mental health delivery system is inadequate and unprepared to address the needs associated with the anticipated growth in the number of older persons requiring treatment for ...
Tag Archives: mental health
Dying for help
Depression. Hopelessness. Lack of resiliency. All risk factors for suicide—and in all genders and age groups. These factors often appear during a time of intense change in a person’s ...
Dispelling denial
Increasing treatment-seeking behaviors H. Westley Clark will never forget the day in 1963 when a young man in his Detroit neighborhood shot himself. “I didn’t understand why he would do that. ...
Underdiagnosed, undertreated
FACT: Depression is not normal. It is a serious and potentially life-threatening illness with estimated costs of $44 billion annually in the U.S. FACT: Depression is a disorder that, much like ...
Physician education is key
Physician education in depression prevents suicide. So does restricting access to lethal means. This is borne out by a comprehensive review of research literature from 1966 to June 2005 for ...
Working well
Companies that cost-effectively address behavioral health benefits These three companies enjoy the value of better integrating behavioral health and general medical benefits to clearly ...
Storm surge
The suicides are starting to swell. These deaths—sudden, violent and wrenching—bring a whole new wave of grief and despair to former Gulf Coast residents, some of them now back home, most still ...
Sowing hope
Sowing hope Psychologist-farmer Mike Rosmann toils to prevent suicide in agricultural communities Psychologist and farmer is a rare combination of occupations, yet Mike Rosmann lays claim to ...
Culture shock
Calling for cultural competency when considering how to prevent suicide They are among a growing cadre of researcher-advocates calling for more “cultural competency” when treating patients who ...
Male frailty
If you’re male, you’re at higher risk for suicide. That’s a fact. Equality of the sexes doesn’t exist when it comes to suicide. That’s because men are four times more likely to die by suicide ...