Seth Kahan’s Post

The state of mental and behavioral health in the U.S. has reached a critical juncture, with needs far outstripping available resources. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1 in 5 Americans grappled with mental illness. Sadly, depression rates hit record highs in 2023, while suicides soared in 2022, and child mental health emergencies surged. Adding to the challenge, nearly half of the U.S. population resides in areas facing a severe shortage of mental health professionals. But amid these daunting statistics, Eternity Healthcare offers a beacon of hope. Our team is dedicated to bridging the gap between demand and supply through innovative solutions. With our robust revenue cycle management (RCM) services, we ensure mental health providers receive prompt and accurate reimbursement, enabling them to focus on delivering vital care. Through telepsychiatry services, virtual therapy sessions, and tailored mental health programs, we're breaking down barriers to access. Regardless of location or resource constraints, individuals can receive the care they deserve. Let's join forces to create a future where quality mental healthcare is accessible to all. Contact Eternity Healthcare today to explore how we can support your mental health initiatives and contribute to a healthier society. 🧠💙 #MentalHealthAwareness #BehavioralHealth #Telepsychiatry #EternityHealthcare #Medicalbilling #Revenuecyclemanagment

“The Swedish eating disorder treatment system is in crisis" AND emerging adults are especially vulnerable. Hanna Larsson founder of Psynlighet, outlined the state of crisis within the eating disorder treatment system in Sweden in an interview with Sveriges Radio yesterday. With emerging adulthood (ages 13-30) being the most prevalent time for developing an eating disorder, an estimated 1 in 5 women suffering from an eating disorder and an average of 8 years between onset and treatment - the statistics expose the gaps in the current care model and prevention efforts. Psynlighet has gathered hundreds of testimonials through Opsynliga.se, showcasing the challenges in seeking treatment and the shortcomings of traditional treatment approaches. Hanna shares her journey: "I entered eating disorder care at 13, and for the initial 5 years, my condition worsened. It was only when I got a new therapist at the age of 18, who chose to move away from the conventional treatment approach centered around food and weight and shifted to exploring who I am, what I needed, and my thoughts and feelings - that I was able to recover". We are proud to support Psynlighet in their work of bringing attention to the systemic shortcomings within the psychiatric system for emerging adults. It is crucial that we unite and back changemakers like Hanna to advocate, raise awareness, and drive structural change through impactful policymaking in the landscape of psychiatric and eating disorder care. #MentalHealthAwareness #EatingDisorderCare #PsychiatricHealth #ChangeMakers #HealthcareAdvocacy #StructuralChange #Psynlighet Listen to the interview broadcast here: https://lnkd.in/gf85UAd5

Today is #DepressionScreeningAwarenessDay, and #WorldMentalHealthDay To mark this day, we released our Universal Maternal Mental Health Screening Issue Brief addressing screening recommendations and clinical practice guidelines, barriers to universal screening, and the progress being made. #MaternalMentalHealth #MHScreening https://lnkd.in/e7jCiQJ8

The 2024 OPEN MINDS Children's Services Summit begins now! The summit offers an inside look at how leading provider organizations are staying ahead of the competition with innovative programs for serving youth, such as: 🔷 Telepsychiatry with Array Behavioral Care 🔷 Peer support programs from Mental Health America 🔷 Services for transition-age youth with Jewish Family & Children's Service of Arizona 🔷 Plus, gain strategies for innovating through times of crisis with LifeSkills, Inc. Only at #OMStrategy

I am at a #traumainformed practice workshop for healthcare workers today, #internationalwomensday and am one of TWO men in a room of 30 clinicians and support staff. Two blokes. The other guy seems lovely! This is a common experience for me and the seminars I go to. So often the women ask: where are the men? Over caffeine and brown food of comfort we got talking about how men’s trauma is one of the most neglected issues, perhaps because it’s connected to so much harm done by so many traumatised men. As if we are afraid we will be seen as excusing the inexcusable in the effort to understand it. So much of what will be talked about today regarding women and their safety, health, needs, rights and development across all domains of living, has connections to the behaviour of men and how it has to change. Underneath the vast majority of men’s behaviour that needs to change however, is their trauma. As Prof Paul Gilbert says “we are a traumatised and traumatising species”, and men have bigger bodies, louder voices and millennia of cultural momentum that’s ensured we men have perpetrated and permitted the majority of the trauma. I really think the patriarchy has hurt us all, just as we are all bearers of humanity’s trauma. Sadly the hurt and the trauma are not evenly or fairly distributed. Fairness matters neurobiologically, injustice stresses us and perpetuates bodily as well as mental suffering. As a bloke working as a doctor and therapist with adults and families of all genders I see gender patterns in how trauma shapes our nervous systems for survival. I want to help healing between all genders; I’m outraged by all the gendered injustice, but I have to keep my burn at a smoulder, to stay sustainable for this long long road towards a trauma-informed world. Of course our world is already informed by trauma! Whether we recognise it or not. It’s time to recognise it. For our girls and women and non-binary kids and adults particularly, but we will only get so far without bringing our boys and men too. For more like this click on my hashtag #psychiatrying

In my line of work, I speak with compassionate, skilled professionals who address the unique challenges the geriatric population faces. Which is so important. These providers are true heroes.   I’ve noticed an interesting trend – which I am so glad is being spoken about: YOUR part, YOUR input, and yes, YOUR responsibility as a family member. Input from family members plays a significant role in the care process. Getting involved can make all the difference.   Since I am so passionate about this topic, I have teamed up with Calvin Anderson, Psychotherapist in the UK to weigh in on the HOW. His byline is: “You have more potential than you think, but you never know your full potential unless you keep challenging yourself”.   He says: The first thing to understand and be completely aware of is what is your role within your family, whether that be immediate or to the external parts of the family. That way you know how to navigate yourself accordingly whilst being able to give of yourself without reaching stages of fatigue and burnout... every family member has and requires different things from us... so we must know or begin to find that out to help keep a balance that works cohesively with everyone.   That being said, some ways to be involved with your loved ones care:   💥 Ask for details on the specific mental health issues, educate yourself. – Providers are usually more than helpful to share!   💥Regular meetings and feedback loops - communication is the end all and be all of almost any issue that comes up!   💥Advocating for Resources – I cannot stress the importance of this one enough!! Any way you put it, being involved in your loved one's care is a smart choice. It takes effort! It takes time. But oh so worth while. #geriatrics #recruiting #yourvoice #mentalhealth #gettinginvolved #longtermcare

The findings of this research are entirely unsurprising for anyone who works in trauma education and recovery. Hopefully we see greater support and recognition for the proven modalities that actually work to aid recovery of trauma injury rather than bandaid so many with labels of depression and prescribe medication instead of somatic interventions that actually heal the trauma wound. Another reason for creative and social prescribing to be championed! This approach is trauma informed and works to help people rewire nervous system dysregulation and promote coregulation - crucial parts of trauma recovery. #socialprescribing #creativeprescribing #traumarecovery #traumainformed https://lnkd.in/gBycVk_p

Interested in learning more about #childrensmentalhealth, #adolescentmentalhealth, and #teenmentalhealth? Attend the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA)'s 2024 conference in #Boston! Below are just a few of the sessions during the three-day conference. Join us! https://lnkd.in/drk5MrEP #anxiety #depression #OCD #conference #ADAA2024 ~ Threat Processing and Early Life Adversity: A Lifespan Perspective on Mechanisms for Adapting to Chronic Stress and Vulnerability to Adverse Mental Health Outcomes with Christine Larson, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Stephanie DeCross, M.A. (Harvard University), Tanja Jovanovic, Ph.D. (Wayne State University), Michael Liuzzi, M.A. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), and Farah Harb, B.A., B.S. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) ~ The Influence of Sleep and Stress on Suicide Risk in Youth: Multimodal Approaches and Clinical Implications with Giana Teresi, B.A. (University of Pittsburgh), Paul Bloom, Ph.D. (Columbia University), Hilary Blumberg, M.D. (Yale University School of Medicine), Michelle Stepan, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine), Giana Teresi, B.A. (University of Pittsburgh), and Tina Goldstein, Ph.D. (UPMC/WESTERN PSYCHIATRIC STATE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC) ~ A New Transdiagnostic Treatament Target for Child Anxiety: Independence with Camilo Ortiz, Ph.D. (Long Island University), Anne Marie Albano, ABPP (Columbia University Irving Medical Center), Mary Alvord, Ph.D. (ALVORD, BAKER & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.), and Matthew Fastman, M.S. (Mount Sinai Morningside) ~ Cutting through the Noise: Promoting Evidence-Based Approaches to Child Anxiety in the ‘Insta-Fix’ Era with Julia Martin Burch, Ph.D. (Do What Works: Evidence-Based Therapy and Consulting), R. Meredith Elkins, Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital), Donna Pincus, Ph.D. (Boston University), and Shannon Bennett, Ph.D. (Weill Cornell Medicine) ~ What "Matters" in Parenting: Getting Unstuck with the ACT Matrix with Laura Rindlaub, Ph.D. (The Center for Stress, Anxiety, and Mood, LLC), Laura Skriner, Ph.D. (The Center for Stress, Anxiety, and Mood, LLC), and Brian C. Chu, Ph.D. (Rutgers University)

Since January, I’ve had the life-changing opportunity to work with The Motherhood Center of New York. TMC was founded by the incomparable Catherine Birndorf and Paige Bellenbaum, LCSW, to care for moms and birthing people suffering from perinatal depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. In fact, 1 in 5 women in the United States suffer from perinatal or postpartum mood disorders and anxiety (PMADs), according to a recent report in #TheWallStreetJournal. Our society’s ability to care for these women is tragically limited right now, and it’s my goal to change that by pursuing my MSW at Hunter College this fall, in a major career pivot (I've been a journalist for the last 20+ years). This issue is very personal to me: After months of debilitating morning sickness, I developed crippling anxiety halfway through my first pregnancy in 2010, and I struggled for months to find the right help, despite living in a city filled with world-class doctors and medical institutions (TMC didn't open until years later). Today, we launch a new #adcampaign for The Motherhood Center spearheaded by the deeply talented Madeline Vaz, to raise awareness of PMADs and help NY-area moms who are suffering from perinatal mental health challenges. It’s a compelling look at the transformative powers TMC's doctors and therapists have, in the words of some moms they've helped. Please watch it, and if you know a new mom who needs mental health support, encourage her to reach out and get help. #postpartumdepression #postpartumanxiety #pmads #reproductivepsychiatry #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness

🌍Honored to Serve First-Generation Patients🌍 As a first-generation (first-gen) psychiatrist, I have the unique honor of working with first-gen individuals from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Each story reflects the complexities of balancing life as an American while maintaining the culture of their family's homeland. 🧠 Understanding Mental Health and Cultural Stigma Growing up as the child of immigrants in the U.S. comes with unique challenges: 🌱 Navigating two worlds that sometimes clash 💭 Dealing with cultural stigmas around mental health 🧡 Giving grace to parents who were learning on the fly in a country with different customs 👥 Managing expectations while creating their own path For many, seeking mental health support—like therapy, medication management, or Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)—can feel like breaking a taboo rooted in cultural shame or fear of judgment. My goal is to help my patients find peace in embracing these resources, understanding that caring for their mental health is a sign of strength, not weakness. 👨👩👧👦 Parenting the Next Generation First-gen parents raising second-gen kids face the challenge of blending cultural traditions with American lifestyles. It’s okay to seek guidance in navigating this journey. I strive to create a safe, nonjudgmental space where they can openly discuss these struggles and find therapeutic support. 💬 Finding Common Ground Despite our cultural differences, there’s a shared humanity in the first-gen experience. We all know the push and pull of expectations, the desire to honor our heritage, and the struggle to make sense of our dual identities. Understanding this is key to building connections and supporting each other. 🙏🏾 It’s an incredible privilege to be a mental health provider and confidante to these dynamic individuals. Together, we explore the benefits of therapy, medication management, and TMS—helping them thrive, break down barriers, and find peace. #FirstGen #MentalHealthMatters #CulturalCompetence #Psychiatry #ImmigrantFamilies #Therapy #TMS #MedicationManagement #BreakingBarriers #MentalHealthAwareness