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Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory conditions such as bronchitis and the common cold contributes not only to the development of antibiotic-resistant pathogens, but also causes potential harm to patients because of an increased risk of adverse drug events. In addition, it often results in unnecessary health care spending.
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President Joe Biden reflected in his State of the Union in March on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it had wreaked havoc on people’s day-to-day lives, spurring “a mental health crisis of isolation and loneliness.” Data supports this: As the pandemic unfolded, one 2021 study found that about 4 in 10 adults reported symptoms of anxiety or depression, four times pre-pandemic levels.
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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: 1What Drives Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Outpatient Care? - 9 day(s) ago
Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing is common in outpatient settings across the United States. A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Pew Charitable Trusts found that nearly 1 in 3 antibiotics prescribed at outpatient facilities—including physician’s offices, emergency departments, and hospital-based outpatient clinics—is unnecessary, equaling 47 million prescriptions each year.
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As director of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ behavioral health programs, Dr. Brandee Izquierdo oversees the organization’s projects on substance use treatment and prevention and suicide risk reduction. This interview about her professional, academic, and lived expertise has been edited for length and clarity.
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Telehealth was a game-changer for people struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, with more patients able to start and stay in treatment over the past three years than in previous years. But unless Congress acts, this critical lifeline to care will disappear.
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Health care providers can play a critical role in identifying people at risk for suicide and connecting them to the care they need. A new video from The Pew Charitable Trusts looks at how universal screening for suicide risk helps ensure that more people get essential help.
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Mashup Score: 2How to Connect People in Crisis to the Care They Need - 11 day(s) ago
For people experiencing mental health- or substance use disorder-related crises, jails and emergency departments have become frequent landing places.
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Mashup Score: 0Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address Mental Health Care Barriers - 12 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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President Joe Biden reflected in his State of the Union in March on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it had wreaked havoc on people’s day-to-day lives, spurring “a mental health crisis of isolation and loneliness.” Data supports this: As the pandemic unfolded, one 2021 study found that about 4 in 10 adults reported symptoms of anxiety or depression, four times pre-pandemic levels.
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Unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for respiratory infections (like the common cold) harm patients and fuel resistance, not to mention avoidable health care spending. A new tool helps doctors prescribe more wisely. @NCQA https://t.co/nQyjrtPp69