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CDC Data Show Improvements in Youth Mental Health but Need for Safer and More Supportive Schools August 7th, 2024Pamela Wojcik

CDC Data Show Improvements in Youth Mental Health but Need for Safer and More Supportive Schools

August 7, 2024News & UpdatesData, Health, Improvements, Mental, More, Need, Safer, Schools, Show, Supportive, YouthPamela Wojcik

New CDC data released today highlight improvements in mental health among some United States teens, including decreases in the percentage of students feeling persistently sad or hopeless.

Transcript: Health Workers Face a Mental Health Crisis November 3rd, 2023Jacqueline Carpenter

Transcript: Health Workers Face a Mental Health Crisis

November 3, 2023News & UpdatesCrisis, Face, Health, Mental, Transcript, WorkersJacqueline Carpenter

Transcript: Health Workers Face a Mental Health Crisis

Health Workers Report Harassment, Symptoms of Poor Mental Health, and Difficult Working Conditions November 1st, 2023Luz Ponce

Health Workers Report Harassment, Symptoms of Poor Mental Health, and Difficult Working Conditions

November 1, 2023News & UpdatesConditions, Difficult, Harassment, Health, Mental, Poor, Report, symptoms, Workers, WorkingLuz Ponce

More than double the number of health workers reported harassment at work in 2022 than in 2018. This may include threats, bullying, verbal abuse, or other actions from patients and coworkers that create a hostile work environment. This finding has important implications for health worker mental health, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report.

Half of mental health facilities and a third of substance abuse treatment facilities have smoke-free campuses May 16th, 2023Laura Tipton

Half of mental health facilities and a third of substance abuse treatment facilities have smoke-free campuses

May 16, 2023News & UpdatesAbuse, campuses, Facilities, Half, Have, Health, Mental, SmokeFree, Substance, Third, TreatmentLaura Tipton

Opportunity to enhance tobacco cessation treatment in these settings

Legion Health (YC S21) is hiring a founding engineer to fix mental health February 28th, 2023Lee Young

Legion Health (YC S21) is hiring a founding engineer to fix mental health

February 28, 2023News & UpdatesEngineer, Founding, Health, Hiring, Legion, MentalLee Young

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/legion-health/jobs/rYWoawE-founding-engineer-full-stack Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34971686 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

CDC Media Telebriefing: New CDC data illuminate youth mental health threats During the COVID-19 pandemic March 31st, 2022Theresa Strayhorn

CDC Media Telebriefing: New CDC data illuminate youth mental health threats During the COVID-19 pandemic

March 31, 2022News & UpdatesCOVID19, Data, During, Health, illuminate, Media, Mental, Pandemic, Telebriefing, Threats, YouthTheresa Strayhorn

Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will discuss the MMWR Supplement on high schoolers’ health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New CDC data illuminate youth mental health threats during the COVID-19 pandemic March 31st, 2022Robert Cooper

New CDC data illuminate youth mental health threats during the COVID-19 pandemic

March 31, 2022News & UpdatesCOVID19, Data, During, Health, illuminate, Mental, Pandemic, Threats, YouthRobert Cooper

New CDC analyses, published today, shine additional light on the mental health of U.S. high school students during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a disproportionate level of threats that some students experienced.

VA Expands Mental Health Coverage, Other-Than-Honorable Discharges Potentially Eligible November 24th, 2021Harold Richey

VA Expands Mental Health Coverage, Other-Than-Honorable Discharges Potentially Eligible

November 24, 2021News & UpdatesCoverage, Discharges, Eligible, Expands, Health, Mental, OtherThanHonorable, PotentiallyHarold Richey

Legal Help for Veterans is a law firm helping veterans get the benefits they deserve. Northville, MI (Law Firm Newswire) June 12, 2019 – A new law has expanded mental health coverage to other-than-honorably discharged veterans through the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. The VA has been accused of mishandling the implementation of the change and … Continue reading VA Expands Mental Health Coverage, Other-Than-Honorable Discharges Potentially Eligible →

CDC/NIOSH to Host Panel Discussion on Protecting Health Worker Mental Health: A Call to Action November 13th, 2021Carma Petty

CDC/NIOSH to Host Panel Discussion on Protecting Health Worker Mental Health: A Call to Action

November 13, 2021News & UpdatesAction, Call, CDC/NIOSH, Discussion, Health, Host, Mental, panel, Protecting, WorkerCarma Petty

CDC works 24/7 saving lives, protecting people from health threats, and saving money to have a more secure nation. A US federal agency, CDC helps make the healthy choice the easy choice by putting science and prevention into action. CDC works to help people live longer, healthier and more productive lives.

Potential Lawsuit: INSURANCE DENIALS – MENTAL HEALTH EATING DISORDERS February 1st, 2021Norma Pinero

Potential Lawsuit: INSURANCE DENIALS – MENTAL HEALTH EATING DISORDERS

February 1, 2021Accident Lawyer ServicesDenials, DISORDERS, EATING, Health, Insurance, Lawsuit, Mental, PotentialNorma Pinero

The California Mental Health Parity Act, enacted in 1999, required coverage of medically necessary treatment for nine enumerated severe mental illnesses as well as serious emotional disturbances of a child. The list was criticized as incomplete, out-of-date and failing to encompass the full range of mental health and substance use disorders. It required, among other … Continue reading Potential Lawsuit: INSURANCE DENIALS – MENTAL HEALTH EATING DISORDERS →