RAC Mental Health and Well-being

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Wed, 2021-01-27 15:47 — mdmcdonald

This Resilient American Communities (RAC) COVID-19 Initiative workgroup is focused on 1) Improvng mental health and well-being strategies and practices and 2) Longer-term movement toward a more just, healthy, equitable American Society for everyone shaped not only by the need to fix our problems, but also motivated to move toward a better realization of our collective aspirations through the creation of better psychosocial environments in our communities.

Acute and longitudinal individual and transpersonal challenges are clearly stemming from the despair and divisions that are degrading the resilience and regenerative capacities of American communities today. Life in our vulnerable and disenfranchised communities have already suffered greatly from systemic historical inequities.

Suffering in many American communities, especially in communities of color, is being made even more untenable from emerging 21st century challenges, which are especially acute now due to COVID-19 pandemic and syndemic impacts on our society. The discussions in this RAC Mental Health and Well-being workgroup are focused on strategies and actions to help inspire and connect those in the RAC unity of effort to engage in improving mental health and well-being in Resilient American Communities.

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U.S. southern states hit hardest with mental health concerns during pandemic --study

Mon, 2023-06-12 09:46 — mike kraft

Study: Southern US hit hardest with mental health concerns during pandemic CIDRAP

A study from researchers at the University of Kansas shows Southern states may have carried the brunt of mental health troubles during the COVID-19 pandemic, with people in that region most consistently worried about finances throughout COVID-19 lockdowns and the emergence of new strains of the virus. The findings were published yesterday in PLOS One.

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Risk of new post-COVID mental disorders higher only in older patients-- study

Fri, 2023-05-26 20:17 — mike kraft

Risk of new post-COVID mental disorders higher only in older patients, study suggests Data suggest an increased risk of new-onset mental illness only in SARS-CoV-2–positive patients aged 70 and older. CIDRAP

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Some Covid deniers have regrets, but others have joined more extremist hate movements

Fri, 2023-01-13 11:14 — mike kraft

‘I was wrong’: how Covid conspiracies became a gateway to extreme views Some Covid deniers have regrets, but others have joined more extremist hate movements the Guardian

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Health News Nov. 21, 2022 / 11:00 AM Mental health workforce shortages linked to rising youth suicides-- study

Tue, 2022-11-22 10:37 — mike kraft

Mental health workforce shortages linked to rising youth suicides, study says The rising suicide rate for children and adolescents is linked to increasing shortages of mental health professionals at the county level, after adjusting for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, a study says. UPI

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Many people still need support despite lifting of COVID-19 precautions--survey

Tue, 2022-10-25 11:18 — mike kraft

First on CNN: Most people feel socially connected as Covid-19 precautions ease, but many still need support, survey finds | CNN

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Lots of research has been done on links between loneliness, social connection, health and well-being, but a new international survey by the analytics firm Gallup and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, aims to shed some light on exactly how connected people feel and how they connect with others.

They found that most people around the world feel a sense of social connection as Covid-19 precautions ease, but many still need support or help from others – and the factors that drive feelings of connection vary by country.

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Europeans report big mental health issues despite COVID easing - survey

Thu, 2022-10-06 11:15 — mike kraft

Europeans face big mental health issues despite COVID easing - survey The number of Europeans reporting "bad" or "very bad" mental health soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, even beyond the end of lockdowns, new polling showed on Thursday. Reuters Reuters

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Stress, anxiety and depression may increase the risk of long Covid-- study

Mon, 2022-09-12 10:28 — mike kraft

People experiencing psychological distress are more likely to develop long Covid after an infection, study finds People who were experiencing psychological distress before getting Covid were more likely to have long-lasting symptoms than those who were not, according to new research. NBC News

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Most clinicians treating low-income COVID patients feel morally distressed--survey

Tue, 2022-08-30 09:38 — mike kraft

Constrained by a lack of sufficient resources and faced with difficult decisions amid COVID-19 surges in the first year of the pandemic, nearly 72% of US primary care, dental, and behavioral health clinicians working in safety-net clinics report experiencing mild to intense moral distress, finds a study published late last week in BMJ Open.

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Youth mental health crisis with Sandra DeJong, MD, MSc

Thu, 2022-07-28 16:14 — John Girard

Youth mental health crisis with Sandra DeJong, MD, MSc AMA's Moving Medicine series features physician voices and achievements. Learn more in this discussion about the youth mental health crisis. American Medical Association

Dr. DeJong: Yeah, so it really is unprecedented in my experience to have both this emergency declaration and the surgeon general's advisory. And I think it really is because the situation itself is unprecedented. So what makes it an emergency? We have much higher rates of things like anxiety, depression, suicide.

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