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Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: There has been a steady increase in pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for mental health. These visits are costly and preventable, representing a failure to address the mental health needs of children. of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. Results: 20.2%

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Episode 213: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 13 – Centering Asian Americans: Racism, Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Content Warning: This episode contains themes of violence, trauma-induced mental health concerns, and brief mentions of suicide. Creating spaces where these experiences can be shared by patients as well as by practitioners can highlight the structural nature of seemingly individualized problems. Anthology , edited by INCITE!

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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

The health risks may even be higher when these prescription medications are laced with other substances to increase their bulk weight or alter their psychoactive effects. Besides the risks to an individual, there are also population-level harms from normalizing certain harmful behaviors (e.g., PMID: 20924877; PMCID: PMC2951617.

Medical 40
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What is going on with MAID in Canada? Bill Gardner, Leonie Herx, & Sonu Gaind

GeriPal

The number of people who have used MAID in Canada since it was legalized in 2016 has increased year on year from about 1,000 people in the first year to over 13,000 people in 2022. And I think that you can actually see this if you view it as a public health issue for a second. So it started off for individuals with a terminal illness.

Illness 144
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Buprenorphine Use in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Zachary Sager and Janet Ho

GeriPal

So I have thought about this for months, maybe years since your 2016, cycle blog, but we have picked Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen. Katie: I have to thank Rachelle Bernacki for this because she told me the secret to getting on the GeriPal Podcast is having a good song. Eric: And why Under Pressure.

Illness 103
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Storytelling in Medicine: A Podcast with Liz Salmi, Anne Kelly, and Preeti Malani

GeriPal

As I was cleaning up my office, I found something I’d written in 2016. Because, for example, we get a lot of pieces on wellness and mental health. I’m an empowered patient advocate, individual, and I feel like the motions, the feels were not necessarily in my essay at all. But it’s the story also.

IT 96
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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

What are the structural factors and individual factors that contribute to homelessness? ” On that grand rounds, you differentiated structural factors from … I forget what the word was, individual- Margot: Individual risk factors. Why do we say “over 50” is “older” for homeless persons, why not 65?