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Breaking the Silence: Suicide Prevention Day Let's raise awareness about the 12 warning signs of suicide and take steps to help those in need. Video by GIMSR Department of Psychiatry highlights signs like increased anxiety, isolation, and feelings of hopelessness, showing how we can offer support and potentially save lives. Remember, asking, keeping them safe, being there, and helping them connect are crucial steps in preventing suicide. At GIMSR, our students receive comprehensive medical training in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment. With an 850-bed multispecialty hospital, advanced cardiac care facilities, and over 300 specialists, we prepare future doctors to address both physical and mental health needs. Join GIMSR and make a difference in healthcare. GITAM Institute of Medical Sciences and Research | GITAM Deemed University #SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthMatters #GIMSR #FutureDoctors #deemeduniversity #medicalcollege #GITAMUniversity #deemedmedicalcollege #psychiatry

My latest article is about an issue that's near and dear to my heart: the need to center #MentalHealth in medicine. I had the pleasure and honor of talking with Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences' Dr. Damon Tweedy about his new book, "Facing the Unseen," officially published TODAY! In the book, Dr. Tweedy weaves together patient stories, personal reflections, and conversations with experts to explore how medical culture has historically separated physical and mental health, how this dichotomy harms both patients and doctors, and how we can better integrate these two perspectives for a more holistic and effective approach to health and well-being. And of critical importance: this shift will help decrease stigma around mental illness and increase accessibility to behavioral health care. It's about time, don't you think? Plus, Dr. Tweedy is a great storyteller, so it's an engaging and compelling read--check it out!

Our latest report identifies best practices in intermediate levels of care (ILC) for children, reviews the landscape of ILC implementation in Connecticut, and provides recommendations for implementing and strengthening ILC services in our state. ILC services - such as intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization, and extended day treatment programs - play a crucial role in the children’s behavioral health continuum of care. However, due to a variety of factors, children and families are not always able to access these critical services when they need them. Scroll through the slides for a summary, and read the full report to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gEHBr8nZ This report was authored by CHDI's Aleece Kelly and Jason Lang and Amber W. Childs, Ph.D. of Yale University School of Medicine (Department of Psychiatry). #ChildrensMentalHealth #IOP #PartialHospitalization #IntermediateLevelsofCare #ILC

🧠 Contribute to Ethical Psychiatry! The EPA Committee on Ethical Issues invites you to participate in our survey on ethics in psychiatric practice. We aim to gather insights from healthcare workers across Europe regarding: - Experiences and practices addressing ethical conflicts and malpractice. - Identification and engagement with violence. - Measures for reducing restraints and coercion, respecting patient autonomy. ✨ Your input is invaluable and will take only about 10 minutes. Thank you for your contribution! 🙏 🔗 Take the survey: https://lnkd.in/gYxEqgkC #EthicsInPsychiatry #MentalHealth #PatientCare #EPASurvey

In this piece, some of my favorite collaborators, Daven Morrison, M.D., and Sandra Cohen, show how the psychiatric workplace mirrors that of the workplace across many other professions. Patients and employees expect providers and leaders to earn their commute. They will discuss such topics at the upcoming International Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry (AOOP). - with Joel A. Idowu, MD, DFAPA.

Fantastic professional development opportunity

Check out our new report on center-based intermediate levels of care. This is an important level of care for children with more serious behavioral health needs. ILC services are for children stepping down from inpatient hospitalization and those who need more intensive support than outpatient or in-home services. They can prevent unnecessary emergency department visits or hospitalization and help keep children in the community. Increasing children's behavioral health needs, coupled with the shortage in behavioral health providers, has left ILC with limited capacity and with 1/3 of positions vacant. We must address the workforce shortage and also have opportunities to strengthen ILC programs.

Researchers from Washington University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Mental Health America recently shared results from a survey of former inpatient psychiatric patients. Here are their key findings: 1. Growing mental health needs in the United States have led to a call for increased investment in inpatient psychiatric beds, despite inadequate responsiveness to patient experiences in these settings. 2. Former patients of inpatient psychiatry reported 10 themes as areas in need of improvement in inpatient psychiatric facilities, including personalized care, empathetic connection, communication, whole health approach, humane care, physical safety, respecting patient's rights and autonomy, structural environment, equitable treatment, and continuity of care and systems. 3. The nature of inpatient psychiatric care, which some participants reported as nonresponsive at best and dehumanizing at worst, makes it essential to prioritize relationships and trust to ensure that treatment does not cause harm or discourage people from seeking support in the future. 4. Accountability mechanisms should prioritize measuring patient experience to understand and incentivize services, practices, and environments that meet patient-identified needs and address counter-therapeutic experiences. Learn how PMC's inpatient psychiatric unit management services can help hospitals create better outcomes and address many of these findings. Please visit www.psychmc.com/inpatient/ #mentalhealth #inpatient #psychiatry #hospitals

Have you read the research on the long-term effects of medical trauma on children? Understanding the profound impact of medical trauma is essential for comprehensive healthcare. Research consistently underlines that there are significant long-term effects, emphasizing the need for increased awareness of the risks of medical trauma among health care professionals. D. S. Schechter et al. (2005) in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry reveals a strong correlation between early medical trauma and persistent emotional distress. Furthermore, J. L. Cohn et al. (2019) in the Journal of Trauma & Dissociation sheds light on the neurobiological consequences of medical trauma. It highlights the intricate relationship between psychological and physiological factors, emphasizing the importance of trauma-informed care in preventing long-term repercussions, psychologically and physically! How have you seen medical trauma affect your patients? Have you experienced medical trauma yourself? If so, how has this impacted your interactions with health care? #MedicalTrauma #TraumaInformedCare #ImprovePediatricCare #ChildhoodMedicalTrauma #KidsMatterToo #MentalHealthIsHealth

Psychiatry is at a confusing juncture. Its practitioners focus mainly on biological remedies, leaving psychotherapy to others. Roughly half of psychiatrists have left the healthcare system and accept no insurance reimbursement. Their training and experience surpass others in the behavioral field, but many have abandoned leadership roles for the comforts of private practice. A few eminent psychiatrists (e.g., Tom Insel) are grappling with a broader focus and acknowledging the limitations of the medical model for solving behavioral problems.  One critical limitation involves severe mental illnesses. Medications can reduce symptoms, the main goal in a medical framework, but patients also need psychosocial goals like recovery and resilience. The underlying dilemma is conceptual. Psychiatry embraced being a medical specialty during the 1980s, and biological psychiatry makes a biopsychosocial orientation less of a priority. The behavioral field suffers from this. It needs psychiatry to revisit a biopsychosocial orientation, help shape all types of care, and represent the field’s needs within the larger healthcare industry. This last point is critical. Healthcare is a medically dominated industry, and the behavioral field needs its physicians to step up as leaders. Our field will accomplish more if each discipline works together. https://lnkd.in/gUKqqCH2