Children waiting up to 12 weeks for urgent eating disorder support
Some children with urgent need for eating disorder support are waiting more than three months to start treatment, a major analysis has found. Since 2021-22, the NHS has aimed to see 95% of young people with eating disorders begin treatment within one week for urgent cases and four weeks for non-urgent cases. But according to... Read moreThe post Children waiting up to 12 weeks for urgent eating disorder support appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
Source: Nursing in Practice - August 3, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Wiliam Hunter Tags: Addiction and mental health Nutrition Source Type: news

China wants to limit teens to using their phones for just an hour a day to fight rising ' internet addiction '
None The Cyberspace Administration of China announced proposed regulations for children's smartphone usage. • None Those between the ages of eight and 16 would be limited to using them for just one hour a day. • None A proposed "minor mode" would also allow parents to follow or block users on…#nonea #tencent #bytedance #cac
Source: Reuters: Health - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

how to unf. your brain when you have a trading addiction
Source: Reuters: Health - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

IRS, EBSA, HHS: Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Notice of proposed rules from the Internal Revenue Service, Employee Benefits Security Administration, and Department of Health and Human Services proposes amendments to regulations implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and proposes new regulations implementing the nonquantitative treatment limitation (NQTL) comparative analyses requirements under MHPAEA, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021). Specifically, these proposed rules would amend the existing NQTL standard to prevent plans and issuers from using NQTLs to place...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - August 3, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Phase III Flop in Schizophrenia; Top Psych Hospitals; Doubts on Cannabis Addiction
(MedPage Today) -- Ulotaront, an investigational trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1) agonist with 5-HT1A agonist activity, flopped in two phase III studies for schizophrenia, though developers Sumitomo Pharma and Otsuka blamed this in part...
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - August 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Scenes From a City That Only Hands Out Tickets for Using Fentanyl
Oregon ’s experiment to curb overdoses by decriminalizing small amounts of illicit drugs is in its third year, and life has changed for most everyone in the city of Portland.
Source: NYT Health - August 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jordan Gale and Jan Hoffman Tags: your-feed-science Drug Abuse and Traffic Fentanyl Fines (Penalties) Heroin Medicine and Health Opioids and Opiates Police Homeless Persons Oregon Portland (Ore) OxyContin (Drug) Therapy and Rehabilitation Addiction (Psychology) Source Type: news

Analyses of criminal judgments about domestic child abuse cases in Taiwan - Su HC, Lin YH.
Child abuse has negative impacts on the well-being of children and often leads to adverse consequences, such as suicide, alcohol addiction, depression, and substance abuse. To better understand domestic child abuse in Taiwan, this study analyzed 73 crimina...
Source: SafetyLit - July 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Association between internet addiction and the risk of upper cross syndrome in Chinese college students: a cross sectional study - Zhang C, Zhang J, Yang G.
[SafetyLit note: Upper Cross Syndrome (Upper Crossed Syndrome; Upper Body Cross(ed) Syndrome] is a muscle imbalance caused by the weakening and lengthening of the posterior upper back and neck muscles, combined with the tightening and shortening of the opp...
Source: SafetyLit - July 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Marijuana addiction is real. Those struggling often face skepticism.
Dozens of states have legalized recreational sales, with experts saying most people don't experience serious health woes. But some do.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - July 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: David Ovalle Source Type: news

Public Inspection: IRS, EBSA, HHS: Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
Pre-publication notice of proposed rules from the Internal Revenue Service, Employee Benefits Security Administration, and Department of Health and Human Services proposes amendments to regulations implementing the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and proposes new regulations implementing the nonquantitative treatment limitation (NQTL) comparative analyses requirements under MHPAEA, as amended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021). Specifically, these proposed rules would amend the existing NQTL standard to prevent plans and issuers from usin...
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - July 31, 2023 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news

Societal disruption as a disaster: exploring suicide, drug addiction and domestic violence in Australia through a disaster risk reduction lens - Cuthbertson J, Archer F, Robertson A, Rodriguez-Llanes J.
Societal disruption and hazards can result in health threats and impacts that are not usually recorded as events in disaster management databases or associated with emergency or disaster management risk reduction activity. Current disaster recording databa...
Source: SafetyLit - July 28, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Addiction Tx, Better Border Control Dominate House Hearing on Drug Policy Office
(MedPage Today) -- When it comes to solving the opioid addiction problem in the U.S., is decreasing the demand for the drugs or stopping the supply more important? Differing opinions were on display at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee...
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - July 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

From fit football star to dead in months: How a secret vaping addiction claimed the life of North Carolina teenager, 15, after causing deadly lung disease
A North Carolina woman is channeling her grief over the death of her 15-year-old stepson to warn against the dangers of vapes, which are exceedingly popular among teens.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Cannabis Poisoning Increased After Legalization, Especially in Children
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 -- The legalization/decriminalization of medicinal or recreational cannabis is associated with an increase in cannabis poisonings, according to a review published online July 27 in Addiction. Sarah Allaf, from the School of...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - July 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Startups Struggle With Insurers Over Digital Treatments
Pear Therapeutics launched in 2013 to create prescription apps that help patients overcome addiction and other illnesses. A decade later, its ambitions ended in bankruptcy. Pear, which went public in 2021, gained Food and Drug Administration authorization for apps used to treat substance-use…#chapter11
Source: Reuters: Health - July 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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