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Sadly, rural areas in Arizona are often overlooked and mostly lack comprehensive mental health treatment and care tools. What makes the problem even more disconcerting is that mental illness is one fight rural Arizona – like the rest of America – is losing. Access to quality mental health services is essential for the overall well-being of individuals, regardless of their age or geographical location. However, rural areas in Arizona often face significant challenges in accessing adequate mental healthcare. In “Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Mental Health Services in Rural Areas of Arizona” I discuss the critical need to enhance mental health services in rural areas of Arizona. The article highlights the rising prevalence of mental health issues in rural communities, including depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, emphasizing the crucial role of quality mental health services in early intervention, diagnosis, and treatment. https://lnkd.in/gS6k2URC #RuralMentalHealthCrisis #ArizonaMentalHealthGap #BridgingTheRuralGap

Sadly, rural areas in Arizona are often overlooked and mostly lack comprehensive mental health treatment and care tools. What makes the problem even more disconcerting is that mental illness is one fight rural Arizona – like the rest of America – is losing. Access to quality mental health services is essential for the overall well-being of individuals, regardless of their age or geographical location. However, rural areas in Arizona often face significant challenges in accessing adequate mental healthcare. In “Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Mental Health Services in Rural Areas of Arizona” I discuss the critical need to enhance mental health services in rural areas of Arizona. The article highlights the rising prevalence of mental health issues in rural communities, including depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, emphasizing the crucial role of quality mental health services in early intervention, diagnosis, and treatment. https://lnkd.in/gS6k2URC #RuralMentalHealthCrisis #ArizonaMentalHealthGap #BridgingTheRuralGap

Sadly, rural areas in Arizona are often overlooked and mostly lack comprehensive mental health treatment and care tools. What makes the problem even more disconcerting is that mental illness is one fight rural Arizona – like the rest of America – is losing. Access to quality mental health services is essential for the overall well-being of individuals, regardless of their age or geographical location. However, rural areas in Arizona often face significant challenges in accessing adequate mental healthcare. In “Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Mental Health Services in Rural Areas of Arizona” I discuss the critical need to enhance mental health services in rural areas of Arizona. The article highlights the rising prevalence of mental health issues in rural communities, including depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, emphasizing the crucial role of quality mental health services in early intervention, diagnosis, and treatment. https://lnkd.in/gVVxw9JE #RuralMentalHealthCrisis #ArizonaMentalHealthGap #BridgingTheRuralGap

Sadly, rural areas in Arizona are often overlooked and mostly lack comprehensive mental health treatment and care tools. What makes the problem even more disconcerting is that mental illness is one fight rural Arizona – like the rest of America – is losing. Access to quality mental health services is essential for the overall well-being of individuals, regardless of their age or geographical location. However, rural areas in Arizona often face significant challenges in accessing adequate mental healthcare. In “Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Mental Health Services in Rural Areas of Arizona” I discuss the critical need to enhance mental health services in rural areas of Arizona. The article highlights the rising prevalence of mental health issues in rural communities, including depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, emphasizing the crucial role of quality mental health services in early intervention, diagnosis, and treatment. https://lnkd.in/gVVxw9JE #RuralMentalHealthCrisis #ArizonaMentalHealthGap #BridgingTheRuralGap

Sadly, rural areas in Arizona are often overlooked and mostly lack comprehensive mental health treatment and care tools. What makes the problem even more disconcerting is that mental illness is one fight rural Arizona – like the rest of America – is losing. Access to quality mental health services is essential for the overall well-being of individuals, regardless of their age or geographical location. However, rural areas in Arizona often face significant challenges in accessing adequate mental healthcare. In “Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Mental Health Services in Rural Areas of Arizona” I discuss the critical need to enhance mental health services in rural areas of Arizona. The article highlights the rising prevalence of mental health issues in rural communities, including depression, anxiety, and substance abuse, emphasizing the crucial role of quality mental health services in early intervention, diagnosis, and treatment. https://lnkd.in/gS6k2URC #RuralMentalHealthCrisis #ArizonaMentalHealthGap #BridgingTheRuralGap

At CMHA Ottawa, we to recognize that understanding the history of mental health services for Indigenous peoples is a crucial step towards meaningful reconciliation. The impact of settler-colonialism, including the devastating legacy of residential schools, has left deep scars on Indigenous mental health. Today, many Indigenous communities continue to face significant barriers in accessing the care they need. As we move toward National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, let’s reflect on this history and learn how we can support Indigenous-led mental health and healing efforts. #TruthAndReconciliation MentalHealthForAll IndigenousWellness

Having previously developed and led a psychological staff support service in an NHS acute teaching hospitals Trust,this unfortunately doesn't surprise me. A good number of staff who were referred to me for assessment and therapy were often struggling due to systemic factors embedded in the NHS work culture. Managers wanted them to be more resilient and get back to work, but how do you achieve this when you are a human being and not a robot? It's not surprising then that moral injury comes into play when workplace culture and pressures drive a burnt out work force, who often receive little care and compassion themselves from management, into working like they are not humans. We need to value and take care of our NHS workforce, and create collaborative and respectful teams if we want them to be able to take care of us. Their human needs for regular breaks, annual leave, paid over time, investment in CPD, and overall working conditions need to be prioritised. The solutions lie in restructuring the dysfunctional systemic work culture on all levels, from primary care and community based teams to hospitals.

At CMHA Ontario, we recognize that understanding the history of mental health services for Indigenous peoples is a crucial step towards meaningful reconciliation. The impact of settler-colonialism, including the devastating legacy of residential schools, has left deep scars on Indigenous mental health. Today, many Indigenous communities continue to face significant barriers in accessing the care they need. As we move toward National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, let’s reflect on this history and learn how we can support Indigenous-led mental health and healing efforts. #TruthAndReconciliation #MentalHealthForAll #IndigenousWellness 

In reviewing potentially avoidable emergency department (ED) visits, I have seen many patients who have repeated ED use also have a mental health need that is not being adequately addressed. When building your preferred provider network in an ACO, are you including mental health providers? Is your care management team aware of the mental health risks and needs of the patient population? One thing I love about Acclivity is the Johns Hopkins ACG System that we use identifies patients with needs for mental health treatment as well as our event notification system (ENS) that shows patterns of ED use that indicate a potential unmet mental health need. Missing this key element will surely drive utilization higher until the unmet mental health need is addressed. https://okt.to/LjMrIi

***ACTION REQUIRED*** One of SUAC's initiatives is to better understand barriers to substance use and related mental health treatment in Raleigh. To support this initiative, we are gathering information from Service Providers and Individuals about the challenges they face with delivering, accessing, and receiving treatment. SUAC will use this information to advise Raleigh's City Council about local policy actions that can improve our community! Though we are based in Raleigh, responses from the surrounding community are encouraged as well! We can use your help with the following action items: (1) Complete our community survey, linked below! --> service providers: https://lnkd.in/eVQckGnZ --> individuals: https://lnkd.in/enkJXiEK (2) Like, share, comment, interact, tag friends in this post for further reach!