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US Navy Deploys More Chaplains for Suicide Prevention

30Mar

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US Navy Deploys More Chaplains for Suicide Prevention

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia. (AP) — On Navy ships docked at this vast base, hundreds of sailors in below-deck mazes of windowless passageways perform intense, often monotonous manual labor. It's necessary work before a ship deploys, but hard to adjust to for many already challenged by the stresses plaguing young adults nationwide. Growing mental health distress in the ranks carries such grave implications that the U.S. chief of naval operations, Adm. Michael Gilday, answered “suicides” when asked earlier this year what in the security environment kept him up at night. One recently embraced prevention strategy is to deploy chaplains as regular members of the crew on more ships. The goal is for the clergy to connect with sailors, believers and non-believers alike, in complete confiden...

Georgia Senate Unveils New Mental Health Bill at Late Hour

23Mar

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Georgia Senate Unveils New Mental Health Bill at Late Hour

ATLANTA (AP) — An effort to make more changes to Georgia's mental health system could stall in the closing days of the 2023 legislative session even though a Senate committee on Wednesday unveiled a rewritten bill that House sponsors and advocates found broadly acceptable.That's because the Senate Health and Human Services Committee didn't take a vote on House Bill 520 and didn't schedule another meeting before a Thursday deadline for bills to advance out of Senate committees.Committee Chairman Ben Watson, a Savannah Republican, said that means a two-thirds vote of the Senate would be required to set aside normal rules and vote on the bill after the deadline. When asked whether he would seek that move, Watson said “That’s probably not my question to answer."That's an apparent reference ...

“Ted Lasso” cast visits White House to promote mental health care

20Mar

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“Ted Lasso” cast visits White House to promote mental health care

Actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis, who stars as eponymous soccer coach in the TV series "Ted Lasso," paid a visit to the White House Monday — accompanied by the cast of the hit show — to encourage people to make it a point to check in on the mental health of their friends, family and co-workers to "ask how they're doing, and listen, sincerely."Comedian Jason Sudeikis, who plays the title character — an American coaching a soccer team in London — and other cast members met with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden to talk about how mental health contributes to overall well-being. Mental health and looking after one another is a theme of the show, Sudeikis told reporters from behind the lectern in the White House briefing room, as he helped press secretary Karine Jean-Pie...

Rightsizing the Role of Social Media for Young People

20Mar

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Rightsizing the Role of Social Media for Young People

PARIS – Across the globe the headlines come fast and furious.A mother discovers her 8-year-old daughter exchanging messages with a 22-year-old Florida man the child met on TikTok. In California, a 36-year-old man poses as a delivery driver and appears at the home of a young girl, one of more than 20 girls with whom he had initiated sexually explicit conversations. An Oregon mother wakes to find her son has committed suicide in the garage – the result of cyberbullying on social media.If these things happened at a neighborhood hangout, would you let your child go there? Of course not, yet it occurs every day in the spaces teens frequent the most: online social networks like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat.Here in France, where I live and raise my daughter, parents have had enough – and law...

Flight attack raises questions about security, mental health

17Mar

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Flight attack raises questions about security, mental health

LEOMINSTER, Mass. -- The music was blaring on a February afternoon when Francisco Torres stopped by a Massachusetts barbershop, proclaiming he was half-angel, half-devil.He wanted a dozen people to come outside the shop and shoot him with an automatic weapon stored in his car trunk. Before anyone could make sense of the request, Torres fled the shop and drove off. They never saw a weapon and he didn't return.“I didn’t get what he was saying but then I realized he was talking about a gun. I told him there are kids in here, why are you saying this,” said Saul Perez, who was visiting friends at the shop and noted that an employee called 911, ushered children into the back and shut down the shop. “I was spooked.”The incident took place about a week before Torres would be arrested for attack...

Uncovering COVID-19’s impact on mental health

14Mar

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Uncovering COVID-19’s impact on mental health

In a recent study published in the journal BMJ, a team of researchers from Canada and the United Kingdom conducted a systematic review of current research and meta-analysis to compare the symptoms of anxiety and depression and overall mental health among the general population before and after the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Study: Comparison of mental health symptoms before and during the covid-19 pandemic: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of 134 cohorts. Image Credit: dbayan / Shutterstock Background The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented number of deaths worldwide. In addition, the drastic social changes associated with the disease mitigation measures and the fear of the disease have taken a significant toll o...

Exercise should be in your mental wellness toolkit, Mayo Clinic study says

8Mar

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Exercise should be in your mental wellness toolkit, Mayo Clinic study says

ORLANDO, Fla. – If you just don’t feel right when you don’t get your daily exercise, you’re not alone.A 2017 report from the Mayo Clinic found regular exercise can decrease the symptoms of depression and anxiety.The report also said regular exercise can prevent those symptoms from coming back.“Doing 30 minutes or more of exercise a day for three to five days a week may significantly improve depression or anxiety symptoms. But smaller amounts of physical activity - as little as 10 to 15 minutes at a time - may make a difference. It may take less time exercising to improve your mood when you do more-vigorous activities, such as running or bicycling,” according to the Mayo Clinic report. [TRENDING: Become a News 6 Insider]Dr. Nicole Brenner at HCA Florida specializes in internal medicine.S...

Exercise May Be More Effective Than Medication for Mental Health

7Mar

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Exercise May Be More Effective Than Medication for Mental Health

A new study has found that physical activity is highly beneficial in treating depression, anxiety, and psychological distress.High-intensity exercise was the most effective type of exercise for mental health.Positive results were measured in less than 12 weeks.Researchers are recommending exercise as a mainstay in mental health treatment.A new study has found that physical exercise is highly beneficial for decreasing mental health symptoms. With high and growing mental health stats this study could be a positive implementation into treatments. The study was published February in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.According to the World Health Organization, mental health affects 1 in 8 people all over the world. Mental health costs the world economy an estimated $2.5 trillion a year ...

Dearborn pairs police with clinical social worker to provide improved mental health crisis response

6Mar

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Dearborn pairs police with clinical social worker to provide improved mental health crisis response

DEARBORN, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - When it comes to officers responding to mental health crisis callers, one question seems to keep coming up: Are officers properly trained to respond to mental health crisis situations?Stacy Wetters, Dearborn police's newly acclaimed clinical social worker and behavioral health specialist, believes they do. "They've been doing it this whole time. I think our officers in Dearborn are trained fantastically," Wetters said. However, s...

‘Angry’ parents speak out on their daughter who froze to death on N.S. street

4Mar

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Global News

‘Angry’ parents speak out on their daughter who froze to death on N.S. street

Two parents are grieving the loss of their daughter, who froze to death on the streets of Dartmouth just hours after they say their daughter was dismissed from a mental health clinic.They blame Nova Scotia’s mental health system.“We’re are very frustrated with the system and very angry,” mother Irina Andriychuk said. “We lost our daughter to, actually, a terrible health system.”Irina and Mike Andriychuk said their daughter Yuliya died the night of Nov. 14, 2022. She was 32 years old. Yuliya Andriychuk suffered a mental breakdown for the first time in 2020, two years before her death. Submitted: Irina Andriychuk Her medical records indicate she went into mental distress while outdoors and died from hypothermia.The Andriychuks sa...