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Why is our Michael Caudell-Feagan hopeful about the future of mental health treatment in the U.S.? For one, the increasing recognition from officials, local communities, philanthropy, and health care payers (e.g., Medicare) that it's truly possible to "create a more compassionate and effective system of care." As #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth wraps up, explore the stark stats that highlight why change is needed—and promising solutions that can help. https://pew.org/3WOP24w

Had a client referral phone call today for myhealingcircles.org. An older woman who had lost her husband last year and was concerned about her growing financial concerns as she was also facing increasing health concerns. I told her I would send her some resources that she could access immediately and transferred her to the provider she was calling for. But what stuck out to me- as a widow myself - was her situation felt dire. Is she one of The silent poor in America? Often the widows life looks fine to those on the outside - but if you were look in her frig and all you see is an apple and a jug of milk... it might shock you ( it would shock me) She said "I only have .20 cents" . "As women age, they become more vulnerable to poverty. The poverty rate for women age 65 and older is roughly 12%, just over 1 in 10 live in poverty. But for widowed women age 65 and older, the poverty rate is much higher with approximately 51% living on less than $22,000 a year." wiserwomen.org If you are a behavioral health therapist or a group provider and might be looking for an affiliate relationship in senior care. Go to myhealingcircles.org and send an inquiry.  The need is huge. #seniorcare #behavioralhealth #homehealthandhospice #providers #caregivers

Barriers to mental health care for youth, new mothers, and those with substance abuse disorders continue to be a major challenge for far too many Americans. New York takes a huge leap forward in access to care as CMS approves several initiatives to address health-related social needs as well as support greater integration between primary care providers, community-based organizations, and behavioral health specialists. This announcement is a major step in addressing the social determinants of health by improving access to care and placing emphasis on value over volume: https://hubs.li/Q02ggTKm0

“Keeping Children Safe - Restoring Childhood” Many speak on what they want to do or make a change. Ensuring all children have access to mental health support regardless of their insurance or dictation of insurnace companies. All providers shouldn’t have to struggle obtaining pre authorization or receive payment for services provided. Creating safe spaces for children in #CPS or human trafficked. • Less talking - we have work to do to be the change we want to see in our children nationwide. Together we can change the narrative for the future of our children. One day soon I will run for office as our future president. It’s time those that have mistreated children should be held accountable. There’s no rock you can hide under. #change #future #children #elevate #mentalhealth #mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthawareness #global #national #love #positivevibes

Utah Family Therapy understands that mental health challenges can affect individuals, their relationships, and their families. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ASlCe #medicaid #MedicaidProvider #Anxietytreatment #Utahfamilytherapy #MentalHealth #Onlinetherapy #Anxietytherapy

Register here to join us in the conversation on the "Impact of Racism of Mental Health and Well-Being of Healthcare Workers." https://lnkd.in/gVunVeHY Part of our series under the Restoring the Healthcare Workforce for Equity initiative for community health centers and clinics, guest speaker Dr. Annelle Primm discusses ways to identify, define, and address structural racism in the workplace, and provides tools to help us have better conversations with our leaders and peers. #healthcareworkforce

This is what was happening now. Everyone in our state will be affected by not supporting mental health reimbursement. If not directly, personally then a family member. If not a family member then your neighbor. If not your neighbor then your co-worker or employee. If not at work, then cost of living with more expensive programs like emergency rooms or incarceration going up even more than today. These costs may not happen tomorrow, but it will happen and those costs will be much higher than just increasing reimbursement rates today. Support mental services today not because it's the latest fad. Support it today because it truly makes a difference in people's lives.

Being a therapist with an MBA is not super common. I wonder if that is why so few therapists I've talked to about this in my area see this as a very bad thing like I do. The reason Optum bought Care Counseling is because they see ways to squeeze more money out of the mental health industry. It 100% does not mean they will pay MH clinicians more money. And private equity buying some very large practices in the state means those investors think there is money to be squeezed out there too. None of these deals means therapists who all have at least a masters degree will make a livable wage without burning out. Why is there a shortage of MH practitioners? Because they make little money and they burnout and leave the field. Private equity destroyed Red Lobster, they will destroy these practices too. Clients and clinicians will not be well served, but people who invested will make a lot of money in the process of destroying the practices.

ASHA workers under the guidelines of National Health Mission (NHM) have been doing extraordinary work in the region I am familiar with. If we truly mean awareness about any cause and particularly disability, it is here I would advocate for investments and integration with agencies that work at the grassroots. By doing so, we would be able to address health related concerns not only at a broader scale but also at a faster pace and at an early age, simply because the assessment wouldn’t require a family to wait for an intervention to arrive from distantly located agency. “And why should there be any such need?” There is already a network of PHC’s which could have made a significant impact at a much lower cost. This is what decentralization is all about. Imagine, how many people could benefit from it! ASHA workers, in my view, are people with much higher performance index than those who super specialize in a particular stream, as the need for broader population is for primary health care over super specialty. ASHA workers, with the kind of community work exposure they have, possess a holistic understanding of both urban as well as rural society. However, I have witnessed some of really well performing ASHA workers quit jobs - either of course, because of really poor wages, their dependency over multiple jobs to fend for themselves or being needle pestered by a peculiar ‘nonprofit’ charity-hardwired behaviour of some prominent agency. Here, we cannot live in denial that NHM is a constitutional entitlement, and so the focus must be to strengthen NHM. Therefore, PPP arrangement, if any, must be rigorously scrutinized for affiliations other than human rights. Again, for instance, a ‘combination of a medical condition and inaccessibility of its solution’, makes a person vulnerable and it is where a cause is fundamentally premised. A condition cannot be separated distinctively with remedy based on a privilege, at least we need to withdraw from promoting such narratives. Otherwise, It would defy the definition of a ‘cause’. Many a times, we don’t get this aspect right. Because, perhaps, we either don’t face it, or do not understand its characteristic modes of entanglement in social life; and are in constant denial of it, or simply lose our moral fibre to recognise it. https://lnkd.in/gjgwpuyn

This year's #WorldMentalHealthDay theme is "mental health is a universal human right" - this is something Newport stands proudly behind. We believe that the first step is the most important step in anyone's journey towards healing and recovery and we don't take that lightly. The average delay between the first signs of a mental health concern and when treatment actually happens is 11 years - this is usually due to several barriers to treatment, which include stigma, financial cost, and mistrust of the medical system. That's why Newport takes the following steps to ensure our services remain accessible: 1. We provide our clinicians with the training and support they need to offer the highest-quality care. 2. We work with major insurance companies. 3. We actively take steps to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion for all at Newport. It's time to move from awareness to action and what better day to do that than today! Start by doing something for yourself, whether it's small or big. Scroll to the last image for some ideas!