More articles about: Mental Health
Health Lab
When pills and talk therapy aren’t enough, these options may help
Interventional psychiatric care involving brain stimulation and infused or inhaled medicine can offer different options for patients.
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Health Lab Podcast
New Gun Safety Laws in Michigan and the Importance of Safe Firearm Storage
Firearm owners, parents of kids and teens, and loved ones of anyone at higher suicide risk should take immediate action to prevent injury and death.
Breaking Down Mental Health
Breaking Down Mental Health
Human Trafficking - Intervention/Resources
In this episode, identify potential resources to support an individual that is or has been trafficked
Breaking Down Mental Health
Breaking Down Mental Health
Human Trafficking - Assessment
In this episode, identify some red flags for human trafficking, identify potential assessment tools, develop pediatric specific assessment skills for the assessment of human trafficking.
Breaking Down Mental Health
Breaking Down Mental Health
Human Trafficking 101
In this episode, define the different types of human trafficking and identify those at risk of being trafficked.
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Health Lab
Depression too often gets deemed ‘hard to treat’ when medication falls short
A diagnosis of treatment-resistant depression can lead to a sense of hopelessness and despair in some patients, researchers say.
Breaking Down Mental Health
Breaking Down Mental Health
Capacity Assessments
In this episode, define what is a capacity assessment and determine what clinical situations a capacity assessment is appropriate.
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Health Lab
For spinal cord injuries, acceptance and commitment therapy aids in recovery
Research from U-M suggests that Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can aid in the recovery of spinal cord injuries by helping patients learn to manage their emotions and thoughts surrounding their injury.
Breaking Down Mental Health
Breaking Down Mental Health
Basic Coping Skills
In this episode, learn to appraise coping strategies to utilize with youth experiencing a psychiatric crisis
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Health Lab
First-year residents reflect on their journeys and offer advice for Match Day
On Match Day, several recent medical school graduates recount their first years as working physicians.
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Breaking Down Mental Health
Aggression Management – Pharmacological Interventions
In this episode, learn to identify medications to utilize when a patient is agitated and reflect on situations when medication is indicated to address agitation.
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Health Lab
Loneliness is down, but still high, among older adults
Older adults are less likely to feel isolated now than at the height of the pandemic, but levels of loneliness are still high.
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A ‘game changer’ for mental health
The MC3 program provides psychiatric expertise on-demand to primary care providers in Michigan as they manage mental health conditions in young or pregnant patients
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News Release
Four U-M science teams picked for STAT Madness tournament
Four research teams, all led by researchers from Michigan Medicine, have been picked for the STAT Madness tournament based on papers published in 2022 on a wide range of topics, from COVID-19 to gut microbes to depression risk.
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Health Lab
What I wish I’d known about teens and eating disorders
Anorexia and other eating disorders can strike tweens and teens, but parents and health care providers may miss signs.