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Youth Mental Health Crisis

Youth Mental Health Crisis

Get to know your community and resources so you can help during a mental health crisis. Find out about crisis lines and remember – there is always help. #MentalHealthCrisis #MentalHealthSupport #MentalHealth Follow and subscribe to Psych Hub: https://www.facebook.com/PsychHubEd/ https://twitter.com/psychhub https://www.instagram.com/psychhubeducation/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/psychhubeducation/  Learning about mental health is crucial for us all to imagine a better future […]

Child mental health crisis: Better resilience is the solution, say experts

Child mental health crisis: Better resilience is the solution, say experts

BBC Jane Graham has been a school nurse for nearly 20 years – and during this time the nature of her work has completely changed. “When I started, the majority of the support we provided was for physical health, like asthma, allergic reactions and injuries,” she says. “Now it’s mental health.” She has seen a […]

Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it helped fuel state's opioid crisis

Kentucky sues Express Scripts, alleging it helped fuel state's opioid crisis

Kentucky’s attorney general is suing the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts over its role in “worsening” the state’s opioid crisis.  In the complaint filed in state court, Attorney General Russell Coleman (R) argued Express Scripts “is at the center of” the opioid dispensing chain that helped fuel the crisis.  Coleman claimed the company and […]

House Democrats call for investigation into crisis pregnancy center funding

House Democrats call for investigation into crisis pregnancy center funding

A pair of Oversight Committee Democrats are asking a government watchdog to investigate the amount of federal funding directed toward crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), anti-abortion nonprofits designed to convince people not to terminate pregnancies.  In a letter sent Thursday to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and shared first with The Hill, ranking member Rep. Jamie […]

Your Voice, Your Vote: Mental health crisis in young

Your Voice, Your Vote: Mental health crisis in young

“This generation is the first that is using social media in unbelievable ways and with unbelievable dependency on it,” she added. “They’ve got all the other stresses of life, they had a difficult teenage period with Covid and there are significantly more mental health issues to come. “No-one’s talking about it. It’s a much wider […]

Surgeon General steps into political fray with gun violence ‘crisis’ designation

Surgeon General steps into political fray with gun violence ‘crisis’ designation

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has placed himself at the center of the fiercely partisan debate over gun control with his declaration this week that firearm violence in the U.S. is a public health crisis.  While Democrats applauded the move, which marked the first time a U.S. Surgeon General has issued public health advisory on gun […]

The climate crisis is coming for 'the CEO of the family's health'

The climate crisis is coming for 'the CEO of the family's health'

The increasing incidence of climate change-induced heat spikes, wildfires and life-threatening flash floods is engulfing pregnant and postpartum individuals in a wave of eco-anxiety and depression. “The mom is kind of guiding the ship,” Jennifer Barkin, an expert on maternal mental health, told The Hill. “You’re already worried about — are your kids eating enough […]

The US faces a deadly maternal mental health crisis — and it may be getting worse

The US faces a deadly maternal mental health crisis — and it may be getting worse

Pregnant women and new mothers are facing a deadly mental health crisis across the United States.    Mental health conditions, the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the country, are driving an alarming rise in maternal mortality rates, which climbed roughly 60 percent between 2019 and 2021, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

Watch This When You Want To Restrict | Eating Disorder Recovery

Watch This When You Want To Restrict | Eating Disorder Recovery

This is all over the place and out of focus but THAT’S OK it doesn’t need to be perfect. I hope this gave you guys motivation to fight and found it helpful!! ♡ Leave any video requests in the comments. Where to Find Me ♡ EMAIL: lydias.fight@yahoo.com ♡ INSTAGRAM: @Lydias.Fight (https://www.instagram.com/lydias.fight/) -feel free to email […]