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Mashup Score: 0Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address Mental Health Care Barriers - 1 day(s) ago
New federal data shows that the suicide rate among Black youth ages 10 to 19 surpassed that of their White peers for the first time in 2022, increasing 54% since 2018, compared to a 17% decrease for White youth. In fact, the suicide rate among Black adolescents is increasing faster than other racial and ethnic groups.
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Mashup Score: 0Some hospitals are changing their response when babies are born exposed to drugs | CNN - 4 day(s) ago
Pregnant people who take medications to assist their substance abuse recovery are often reported for child abuse and neglect under legal mandate. But in many hospitals, that’s changing.
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Mashup Score: 02024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention - 5 day(s) ago
2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
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Mashup Score: 0Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address Mental Health Care Barriers - 6 day(s) ago
New federal data shows that the suicide rate among Black youth ages 10 to 19 surpassed that of their White peers for the first time in 2022, increasing 54% since 2018, compared to a 17% decrease for White youth. In fact, the suicide rate among Black adolescents is increasing faster than other racial and ethnic groups.
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Mashup Score: 0Some hospitals are changing their response when babies are born exposed to drugs | CNN - 8 day(s) ago
Pregnant people who take medications to assist their substance abuse recovery are often reported for child abuse and neglect under legal mandate. But in many hospitals, that’s changing.
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Mashup Score: 3North Carolina can do more to help people with opioid use disorder find treatment, a policy expert tells legislators • NC Newsline - 9 day(s) ago
North Carolina needs more providers offering treatment for opioid abuse now that the state has expanded Medicaid; Pew Charitable Trusts
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Mashup Score: 1For Too Many With Mental Illness, Incarceration is the Default - 10 day(s) ago
More than a million people in America’s prisons and jails have behavioral health conditions. Many of them probably never needed to be there. This nation incarcerates more people than any other country on the globe, with somewhere between 6 million and 6.5 million under correctional supervision, including prisons, jails, parole, and probation. Exact estimates vary slightly, but we in the field agree that about 16% of this population has some form of significant mental illness.
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Mashup Score: 0Some hospitals are changing their response when babies are born exposed to drugs | CNN - 11 day(s) ago
Pregnant people who take medications to assist their substance abuse recovery are often reported for child abuse and neglect under legal mandate. But in many hospitals, that’s changing.
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Mashup Score: 0Need naloxone? New Ky. website makes it easier to find the overdose reversal medication - 12 day(s) ago
Carrying naloxone can be a literal lifesaver for someone experiencing an opioid overdose. Kentucky’s state government set up a website to help people find local providers.
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Mashup Score: 0With Gun Suicides at High, Safety Measures Should Be Discussed With At-Risk Patients - 14 day(s) ago
The most recent provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) demonstrates that suicide, including firearm suicide, remains a substantial public health concern: In 2022, deaths by suicide in the United States reached almost 50,000—the highest number ever recorded. And more than half, approximately 27,000 of those deaths, involved firearms.
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New data: The U.S. Black youth suicide rate increased 54% between 2018 and 2022. It's time to address mental health care barriers and increase cultural competency, use of screening tools, and research. https://t.co/WvweDohNW8