Branches of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline are dealing with hundreds of vacant counselor positions as the crisis line's transition to providing more encompassing services is quickly approaching, Illinois Newsroom reported June 9.
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Robert Enright, PhD, was awarded the inaugural Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology by the American Psychological Association's grant-making arm for his dedication to forgiveness therapy.
Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services approved a new 96-bed psychiatric hospital in Kent County, local news source MLive reported June 9.
PsyCorps, a traveling group of mental health professionals who travel the world to support communities affected by disastrous or traumatic events, has been invited to Ukraine by representatives in the United States, local Washington state news source KHQ reported June…
During the "Shadow Pandemic: Mental Health Impacts of COVID-19 on Patients and the Care Team" webinar hosted by the American Medical Association, physician experts discussed the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on medical professionals, dubbed the "shadow-pandemic" by the…
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Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the country's citizens are facing a mental health crisis. University of Pittsburgh psychiatrists Alexandre Dombrovski, MD, and Carmen Andreescu, MD, are working to raise money and provide mental health support for Ukrainians who are affected,…
Matthew Sachs, MD, a former psychiatrist at Norfolk (Va.) Jail, resigned in the wake of being asked to engage in what he said were "drastic and unbelievable" practices that would endanger inmate health, local news source WTKR reported May 9.
In March 2022, the American Psychiatric Association Publishing released a revised version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition, PsychCentral reported March 17.
The union that represents state psychiatrists called upon Gov. Gavin Newsom to rectify the pay disparity between state and contract prison psychiatrists, which supporters say would help retain staff and improve patient outcomes, local news source The Sacramento Bee reported…
Pine Bluff, Ark.-based Jefferson Regional is building a rehabilitation and behavioral health hospital in partnership with Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health, according to an email shared with Becker's.