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7 days ago
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Poll from the California Health Care Foundation provides views on COVID-19’s effects on providers on

The survey provides insights into the mental and emotional health of providers, exposure and concern about contracting COVID-19 at work, the public response to the virus, patient behavioral and mental health impacts, and a perception of when the pandemic will end. Read the full report here. #COVID19 #Pandemic #FrontlineWrokers #MentalHealth #Burnout #Stress #HealthCareWorkers

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Dawniell Zavala

Jan 20
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5 Things You Should Know About Warmlines

This year has been such a reminder to all of us that we need to be supported and connected. But what if you’re struggling to find the right person to talk to? Enter warmlines. Warmlines were created to give you support when you just need to talk to someone. And you don’t need to be actively struggling or in a crisis to give them a call. They’re just ready to support in whatever way they can — even if it’s just lending an ear while you talk Need Support? Call our Warm Line tod

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Jan 14
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Secondary Trauma In The Time Of COVID-19

While everyone can burn out, not everyone can get secondary trauma. Secondary trauma is different from its exhausted cousin burn out. Secondary trauma only affects a handful of professions: social workers, therapists, teachers, nurses, caregivers, teachers, ER doctors, law enforcement, and members of the media. We are the front line of trauma and exposed to it constantly, day in and day out – a sponge for the wounds of the world. And our exposure to the trauma and absorption

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Dec 23, 2020
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SAMHSA releases report on behavioral health workforce needs

SAMHSA has released the “Behavioral Health Workforce Report,” which documents effective mental and substance use disorder treatment models and pertinent staffing needs – as part of the agency’s goal to increase access to evidence-based mental and substance use disorder care. Recommendation #5: Conclusion: The discussion of the behavioral health workforce should also take into account the important role of peers in the treatment and the recovery process. Recently, there has be

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Dec 21, 2020
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Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences

The Office of the California Surgeon General released its first report on addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress. The report provides a cross-sector blueprint for communities, states, and nations to recognize and treat persistent, harmful, and expensive societal health challenges. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and toxic stress represent an urgent public health crisis with wide-reaching health and societal impacts, from heart disease to homele

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Dec 18, 2020
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Coverage of Services to Promote Children’s Mental Health: Analysis of State and Insurer Non-Complian

Mental Health America partnered with the Wellbeing Trust and the California Children's Trust to release a new report "Coverage of Services to Promote Children’s Mental Health," as families experience increased rates of mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report analyzes the current law protecting families' access to prevention and early intervention services for mental health, finds likely violations of these laws under Medicaid and private insurance, an

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Nov 25, 2020
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Peer Support Specialists: Findings from a National Survey

Researchers at Boston University’s Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the National Association of Peer Supporters (NAPS), conducted a survey of US-based Peer Support Specialists from May 18, 2020-June 22, 2020 in order to assess the impact of the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 on the peer support workforce, including job tasks, challenges and supports. A total of 1,280 peer support specialists (paid and volunteer) qualified for, consented and responded t

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Nov 20, 2020
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How to hack family resilience when you’re so over being 10 feet from each other all day long

Everybody’s struggling. The strange world of distance learning can trigger kid behaviors you aren’t used to, from trouble focusing on today’s math assignment to full-blown, fists-pounding-the-floor tantrums. Meanwhile, you’re just trying to keep your job and, well, stay sane. There’s no one right way to respond to the stress. Maybe, like us, you haven’t worn real pants since March. Maybe planning for fall and winter has incited a sense of existential dread, and you’re contemp

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Screening 2 Supports

Nov 18, 2020
1 min

Screening 2 Supports

Find tools that help: Navigate your unique journey from screening to supports. Screening 2 Supports: an interactive online space providing resources and supports for individuals to better their mental health in four domains: information and psychoeducation (“Learn”); information about treatment options and referrals to care (“Treatment”); do-it-yourself tools (“DIY”); and online engagement with peers (“Connect”). Learn more here. #WISEwednesday #MentalHealth #screening #tools

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Nov 16, 2020
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The Extra Costs of Living with a Disability in the U.S. — Resetting the Policy Table

Researchers at Stony Brook University, the University of Tennessee, National Disability Institute, and the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing estimate that a household containing an adult with a disability that limits their ability to work requires, on average, 28 percent more income (or an additional $17,690 a year) to obtain the same standard of living as a similar household without a member with a disability.1 Read the full report here. #ACCESSadvocates #ACCESScaliforni

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Nov 10, 2020
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Peer Support Behind Bars in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) is providing cutting-edge services to address the increasing needs for mental health services for inmates by instituting one of the first comprehensive Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPS) programs in a prison setting in the United States. The DOC, under the leadership of Secretary John Wetzel, has made significant strides toward improving mental health care for incarcerated individuals with mental illness. Implementation of

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Systemic racism has affected all of us. Here’s how to start unlearning its harmful lessons.

Nov 5, 2020
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Systemic racism has affected all of us. Here’s how to start unlearning its harmful lessons.

We can’t undo 400 years of inequality overnight, a few weeks, a couple of months, or several years. But we have to start somewhere. And that somewhere should be with ourselves. We have to identify what makes us angry, what makes us uncomfortable, and sit in it. It’s time we unlearn ideas about Black people that are a part of the American psyche and keep systemic racism alive and kicking. Some think they are fair and just statements. They are not. Some think they are harmless.

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Oct 30, 2020
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Mental Health Information and Resources for Frontline Workers

Essential workers, including healthcare workers, are expected to go out when everyone else is expected to stay inside. Now more than ever, it is important to make sure you address your fears and making sure you have strong coping strategies. It’s especially important that you address your stress and anxiety to prevent burnout Check it out! #FrontlineWorkers #EssentialWorkers #COVID19 #Pandemic #MentalHealth #Burnout #Emotional #EmotionalSUpport #Support #HealthCareWorkers #Fa

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Oct 23, 2020
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Mental Health and COVID-19 Information and Resources

As the number of cases of COVID-19 increases, so does the associated anxiety. For the general public, the mental health effects of COVID-19 are as essential to address as are the physical health effects. And for the one in five who already have mental health conditions – or the one in two who are at risk of developing them – we need to take personal, professional, and policy measures now to address them. To aid individuals and communities during this time, Mental Health Ameri

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Oct 21, 2020
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National Analysis of Peer Support Providers: Practice Settings, Requirements, Roles, and Reimburseme

This study aims to define the organizational setting and roles of peer providers in the contemporary behavioral health workforce using information on scopes of practice for peer recovery specialists and data from SAMHSA's National Mental Health Services Survey and National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services to determine what type of mental health and SUD treatment facilities are employing peer providers. Check out the full report. #WISEwednesday #PeerSupport #Behavi

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Oct 20, 2020
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The State Of Mental Health In America Report

For the 7th year in a row, Mental Health America (MHA) released its annual State of Mental Health in America Report, which ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on fifteen mental health and access measures for both adults and youth (ages 12-17). This year, Vermont moved to the No. 1 spot, ahead of Pennsylvania, and Nevada remained last at No. 51. This year, the State of Mental Health in America report is accompanied by a spotlight examining the data from the

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The Relentlessness of Black Grief

Sep 29, 2020
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The Relentlessness of Black Grief

We are in the middle of a Black bereavement crisis, and we do not have the privilege or time to grieve. The only constant now is loss. More than 200,000 people are dead from COVID-19. We’ve all lost time, routines, jobs, connections to others. But the grief has not been evenly distributed. Grief in this country has always had an equity problem, and 2020 has only amplified the issue, as Black deaths have come in back-to-back blows, from the coronavirus, police brutality, and t

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Sep 25, 2020
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New Report Explores Experience of Chronic Pain and Mental Health

Mental Health America (MHA) released a new report, Early, Equitable and Trauma Responsive Care for Chronic Pain and Mental Health, that explores the connection between arthritis, chronic pain and often untreated mental health conditions, the communities most affected by both conditions, and the barriers to care that they face. Read the full report here. #chronicpain #mentalhealth #mha #dualdiagnosis #arthritis #cooccurring #barrierstocare #screening #research

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Sep 15, 2020
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Stay informed on criminal justice issues in California!

Stay up-to-date on criminal justice issues in California by subscribing to the Attorney General email lists! Be sure to "check" AB 953" which will keep you informed on issues and committees related to The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015. Sign-up here. #ACCESS2opportunity #criminaljustice #BIPOC #mentalhealth #blacklivesmatter #policing #policy #AB953 #attornergeneral #stakeholderinvolvement #communityinvolvement #accountability #regulations #initiatives #publiccomme

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Nearly Three-Quarters of Youth Behind Bars Suffer from Mental Health Issues

Sep 15, 2020
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Nearly Three-Quarters of Youth Behind Bars Suffer from Mental Health Issues

Most kids entering juvenile detention have been disadvantaged by poverty and lack of resources, and more than 70% have mental health disorders that often go unseen and untreated, experts say. Mental health resources vary widely among states and often fail to treat underlying issues said Charlene Taylor, a senior researcher for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, a nonprofit that researches and supports nationwide juvenile justice reforms. Read more here. #ACCESS2op

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