In Hard-Hit Areas, COVID’s Ripple Effects Strain Mental Health Care Systems
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In late March, Marcell’s girlfriend took him to the emergency room at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital,...
Nearly Half Of Americans Delayed Medical Care Due To Pandemic
As the coronavirus threat ramped up in March, hospitals, health systems and private practices dramatically reduced inpatient, nonemergency services to prepare for an influx...
Casi la mitad de las personas han retrasado su atención médica por la pandemia
A medida que la amenaza del coronavirus fue aumentando en marzo, hospitales, sistemas de salud y consultorios redujeron drásticamente los servicios que no eran...
‘We Miss Them All So Much’: Grandparents Ache As The COVID Exile Grinds On
Back home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Richard and Denise Victor would get to see their four grandchildren almost every day. One set of kids...
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Hello! I thought I’d shake up the animal news this week and bring you llamas! (You thought I was going to say murder hornets,...
Readers And Tweeters: Doctors Chime In On Telemedicine Costs
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California To Widen Pipeline Of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners
Jane Gunter, a nurse practitioner in Tuolumne County, California, has long wanted to specialize in mental health so she can treat patients who have...
The Challenges Of Keeping Young Adults Safe During The Pandemic
Last month, after California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered most of the state’s residents to stay home, I found myself under virtual house arrest with...
Coronavirus Crisis Opens Access To Online Opioid Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction isn’t taking a break during the coronavirus pandemic.
But the U.S. response to the viral crisis is making addiction treatment easier to get.
Under...
Coronavirus Nurses Ask An Ebola Veteran: Is It OK To Be Afraid?
Martha Phillips knows exactly how it feels to suddenly find oneself up close to — and unprotected from — a deadly virus.
In 2014, Phillips,...
California’s New Attack On Opioid Addiction Hits Old Roadblocks
Jennifer Stilwell, a 30-year-old mother of two young children, kicked heroin cold turkey five years ago, but she got hooked again last fall.
Stilwell, an...
Take A Deep Breath: Making Risk-Based Decisions In The Coronavirus Era
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Just last week, it seemed OK to have lunch out or maybe meet up with...
Newsom: To Fix Homelessness, California Must Fix Mental Health
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom made a bold move Wednesday. In his second State of the State address, an annual speech that usually...
Finding Connections And Comfort At The Local Cafe
For Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers, social and emotional isolation is a threat. But hundreds of “Memory Cafes” around the country offer them a...
5 Things To Know As California Starts Screening Children For Toxic Stress
Starting this year, routine pediatric visits for millions of California children could involve questions about touchy family topics, such as divorce, unstable housing or...
Among U.S. States, New York’s Suicide Rate Is The Lowest. How’s That?
“I just snapped” is how Jessica Lioy describes her attempt in April to kill herself.
After a tough year in which she’d moved back to...
‘Warm’ Hotlines Deliver Help Before Mental Health Crisis Heats Up
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A lonely and anxious Rebecca Massie first called the Mental Health Association of San Francisco “warmline” during the...
Black Mothers Get Less Treatment For Postpartum Depression Than Other Moms
Portia Smith’s most vivid memories of her daughter’s first year are of tears. Not the baby’s. Her own.
“I would just hold her and cry...
Patient-Induced Trauma: Hospitals Learn To Defuse Violence
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SAN DIEGO — When Mary Prehoden gets dressed for work every morning, her eyes lock...
An Atlanta Nonprofit Brings Medical Care And Connection To The Homeless
Herman Ware got his seasonal flu shot while sitting at a small, wobbly table inside a mobile health clinic. The clinic-on-wheels is a large...
Affordable Mental Health Care? It’s Getting Even Tougher to Access
Eleven years after Congress passed a law mandating that insurers provide equal access for mental and physical health care, Americans are actually finding it...
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Happy Friday! Well, friends, we have apparently arrived in the “post antibiotic era” (according to some), which any reader of the Breeze will know...
Surgeon General’s Marijuana Warning Omits Crucial Context
Speaking about a recent federal advisory on marijuana, Dr. Jerome Adams, the surgeon general, put a new spin on long-standing admonitions about the drug.
Speaking...
More Adolescents Seek Medical Care For Mental Health Issues
Less than a decade ago, the emergency department at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego would see maybe one or two young psychiatric patients...
Sit, Heal: Dog Teaches Military Med Students The Merits Of Service Animals
The newest faculty member at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences has a great smile — and a wagging tail.
Shetland, not quite...