In Case You Haven't Heard
A new survey by International SOS and Kingston University suggests business travel can have a considerable negative impact on mental health, theInternational Travel& Health Insurance Journal reported Nov. 14. The survey, which took in 200 international business travelers, found that 45 percent of respondents reported feeling more stressed than usual while on work trips. Thirty ‐one percent said they experienced emotional exhaustion while traveling on such trips, while around 25 percent said they found issues like anxiety and depression were more prevalent compared with leisure travel. Additionally, 76 percent of responde...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: In Case You Haven't Heard Source Type: research

Coming Up
TheNational Council for Behavioral Health is hosting its annual conference, NatCon 19,March 25 ‐27, 2019, inNashville, Tenn. For more information, visitwww.thenationalcouncil.org. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Conferences & Events Source Type: research

NAMI Maryland executive director, Kate Farinholt, recieves The Daily Record's 2018 Most Admired CEO Award
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maryland celebrated the awarding of its executive director,Kate Farinholt, with TheDaily Record's 2018 Most Admired CEO Award on Nov. 5. Under Farinholt's leadership, NAMI Maryland has grown into a nationally recognized agency, and Farinholt is a highly sought ‐after consultant who is respected for creating tools and procedures adopted by NAMI affiliates across the country, NAMI officials stated in a press release. Within NAMI itself, Farinholt was instrumental in the development of the NAMI model and training for both the NAMI Family Support Group and NAMI Connection (suppo...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Names in the News Source Type: research

Delaware ‐based health system to add psychiatry residency program
Christiana Care Health System, based in Wilmington, Delaware, has added a psychiatry residency program to help meet behavioral health needs in its community, officials announced in a Nov. 15 press release. The new program will take four new residents each year, for a total of 16. Sana Sharma, M.D., one of Christiana Care's first psychiatry residents, and three other doctors started the four ‐year psychiatry residency in July 2018. While new to Christiana Care, it is not the health care system's first residency. Christiana Care has more than 100 years of experience in postgraduate medical education, and there are 15 other...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: State News Source Type: research

SAMHSA announces four ‐year strategic plan
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced the release of its strategic plan for FY2019 –FY2023, which officials say provides a roadmap to carry out SAMHSA's vision and mission. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Tobacco use at lowest level, still high for people with MI
While cigarette smoking has reached the lowest level ever recorded among U.S. adults, according to researchers of new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the use of any tobacco product was higher among adults with serious psychological distress. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research

RAND: Youth MH community engagement campaign succeeds
Recognizing that many people in need of mental health treatment don't receive it, Los Angeles County mental health officials launched a youth ‐targeted social media campaign with an emphasis on empowering youth and increasing awareness of seeking mental health care. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Out of tragedy comes closer ties between Florida providers, schools
One aftereffect of the tragedy that unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last February is being seen in a more formalized relationship between local school districts in the state and members of the mental health provider community.MHW spoke last week with representatives of both entities as such a partnership grows in Lee County, which includes the cities of Fort Myers and Cape Coral in the state's southwest region. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gary Enos Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Field pleased with expanded treatment opportunities for SMI, SED population
Observing the need for more treatment options for adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and children with serious emotional disturbance (SED), the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter to state Medicaid directors outlining opportunities for states to make important improvements to help Medicaid beneficiaries access quality behavioral health care. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 19, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Black psychiatrists of America, MD Magazine form partnership
MD Magazine, a leading online source of physician news, conference coverage and peer ‐to‐peer discussion, expands its Strategic Alliance Partnership (SAP) program with the addition of the Black Psychiatrists of America (BPA), announced Michael J. Hennessy Jr., president of MJH Associates Inc., parent company ofMD Magazine. “By forming this partnership with the BPA, we look forward to helping them serve as an influence toward maintaining high professional, ethical and administrative standards in the field of psychiatry,” Hennessy said in a press release. Added Patricia A. Newton, M.D., MPH, M.A., CEO and medical di ...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Briefly Noted Source Type: research

APA releases statement on California tragedy
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) released the following statement Nov. 8 from President Altha Stewart, M.D., in response to the deadly shooting Nov. 7 in Thousand Oaks, California: “Our hearts are with the victims of yesterday's deadly shooting and their families and loved ones. There is much we still do not know about this tragic event, but we must keep in mind that most people living with mental illness are not violent. Effective treatment is available for mental disorders , including PTSD [post‐traumatic stress disorder], depression and suicidal thoughts. The victims of this act of violence and their loved...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Briefly Noted Source Type: research

New round of awards announced for cutting ‐edge brain research
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Nov. 2 funding of more than 200 new awards, totaling over $220 million, through the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, an exciting transagency effort to arm researchers with revolutionary tools to fundamentally understand the neural circuits that underlie the healthy and diseased brain, NIH officials stated in a press release. Supported by Congress through both the regular appropriations process and the 21st Century Cures Act, this brings the total 2018 support for the program to more than $400 million, which is 50 percent more...
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Briefly Noted Source Type: research

Midterm election results generate optimism for field
Advocates are encouraged about the Democratic ‐majority House expected to unfold in January 2019 following the midterm elections last week and what it would mean for support of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Medicaid expansion, already looming in three previously Republican‐controlled states. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Nevada jury awards wrongly discharged patients in settlement
Nevada officials and the state's psychiatric hospital are liable for nearly $9 million in class ‐action damages for sending patients with mental illness to other states unaccompanied and without resources, according to local news reports. Following a class‐action lawsuit, a Nevada jury has determined that patients wrongly discharged will each receive approximately $250,000 each. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Government urged to consider MH needs of immigrant children
Access to trauma ‐informed mental health care is critical to ensure that both adult and child survivors of trauma heal and ultimately achieve self‐sufficiency, the CEO of the American Psychological Association wrote in response to a proposed rule that would allow the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Hea lth and Human Services to detain immigrant children and their families indefinitely. (Source: Mental Health Weekly)
Source: Mental Health Weekly - November 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Valerie A. Canady Tags: Articles Source Type: research