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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

By Jennifer Fernandez As the mental health crisis for adults and kids worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ivy Bagley decided to go back to school for one more certification. I decided during the pandemic, when we could not get kids seen for mental health, I wanted to be part of the solution, Bagley said. She graduated in December.

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Beyond Stigma: Why Addressing Maternal Mental Health Means Confronting Systemic Failures

The Health Care Blog

By EMILY JOHNSON Imagine you’re an executive at a large health system in a major metropolitan area. Its urgent: one of your employees–who was also a patient and a member of the organization–has unexpectedly died by suicide. You believed they were on the path to being a strong leader in health care.

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Keeping community first in WNC after Hurricane Helene

UNC Epidemiology Blog

The Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute (CGBI) was one of the organizations to partner with the North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition (NCBfC) Support and Advocacy for Infant Feeding in Emergencies Team (SAFE Team) to support local experts with lactation, infant feeding, and birthing care in response and recovery efforts.

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Montana Leverages Virtual Platform to Optimize Training and Improve Service Delivery Across the State

National Network of Public Health Institutes

Montanas public health system is broad and decentralized, with 60 local and tribal health departments spread across urban centers, rural communities, and remote frontier areas. One of our Lewis and Clark Public Health core values is effectiveness.

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An Ice Rink To Fight Opioid Crisis: Drug-Free Fun vs. Misuse of Settlement Cash

KFF Health News

They provided free entry for students who completed the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) ” said Herrington, who is now in long-term recovery and works for a community mental health center, as well as a regional coalition to address substance use. curriculum, recovery program participants, and foster families.

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As more mental health crisis centers open across the state, here’s what you need to know

NC Health News

By Taylor Knopf Last month, the state health department announced $13 million in funding to open four new community mental health crisis facilities in Lenoir, New Hanover and Pitt counties by the end of the year. Screenshot of tele-townhall held by the NC Department of Health and Human Services on Jan.

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The Colorado Psychedelic Mushroom Experiment Has Arrived

KFF Health News

The National Institute on Drug Abuse , part of the National Institutes of Health, says the risk of mental health problems caused by ingesting mushrooms in a supervised clinical setting is low, but may be higher outside of a clinical setting. health secretary, that his “mind is open to the idea of psychedelics for treatment.”