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How to use data to improve coverage of behavioral and mental health 

Association of Health Care Journalists

Using data to make a difference in behavioral health Moderator: Brandee Izquierdo, Ph.D. director, behavioral health programs, The Pew Charitable Trusts Kristen Mizzi Angelone , project director, suicide risk reduction, The Pew Charitable Trusts Alexandra Duncan, Ph.D., And what that means is there’s more work to be done.”

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Why mobile mental health care works for clients and social workers

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free New York City newsletter here. Appleweis is a behavioral health specialist on one of New York City’s mobile treatment teams. The city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene must approve clients to determine whether IMT is an appropriate level of care.

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‘Living under this constant threat’: Environmental defenders face a mounting mental health crisis

Environmental Health News

Support for mental health in these systems, however, is close to nonexistent, said Lourdes Castro, coordinator of the Somos Defensores program, which monitors violence against human rights defenders in Colombia. Soon, centers focused on the mental health of human rights activists and land defenders started cropping up.

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FDA and Digital Health Regulation

Health Blawg

The FDA had a digital health banner day on December 7, announcing one final guidance and two draft guidance documents (with a 60-day comment period). Since some digital health tools will inevitably be subject to regulation while many will not, the agency has previously issued a high-level plan for streamlining its processes.

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Electroconvulsive therapy is safe for treatment of mental conditions, shows large-scale study

Frontiers

Electroconvulsive therapy may be one of the most effective treatments for depression and severe mental conditions. But extensive evidence appears to show that ECT may be one of the most valuable and effective options for severe and treatment-resistant mental conditions such as schizophrenia and depression. Unwarranted public fear.

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Op-ed: Rethinking policing and parks

Environmental Health News

For most of my life I took it as something that could not be changed; as well as something that was a public good. It relies on the use of emergency (9-1-1) and non-emergency (3-1-1) phone calls to try and reduce behaviors a group of people believe to be unfit, often in public spaces like parks and the outdoors.

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Mayor Adams, Fund For Public Health NYC Announce Conference To Improve Black Maternal Health

Fund for Public Health NYC

Ashwin Vasan today announced that the Adams administration — in partnership with the Fund for Public Health NYC and The Clinton Global Initiative — will host a conference to discuss how New York City can improve Black maternal health and significantly reduce preventable maternal deaths.