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Depression care without the delay: MUSC expert’s app shows promising results

When a patient has depression, often the first medical professional to spot it is their primary care provider, thanks to routine screenings many offices offer. However, getting under the care of a behavioral health professional may involve a long wait — and the patient needs help now.
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Exploring the benefits of pediatric mental health urgent care centers

The Brighter Days Pediatric Mental Health Urgent Care Center, part of Golisano Children’s Hospital in Western New York, opened in June 2024 to provide walk-in mental health services for individuals under 18.
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Mental Health Care Capacity on the Rebound for Arizonans

One year after the officially declared end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., caregivers are patiently restoring the service capacities that the epidemic robbed from their communities.
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Telling the Hospital Story: New Addiction Center Innovates Care for Substance Use Disorders

Treating substance use disorder is complicated, requiring a combination of behavioral and physical health care that differs from substance to substance and person to person. The new Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine opened June 14 and aims to be at the forefront of addiction research and treatment.
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NFL Pros Tackle the Importance of Mental Health

Intermountain Health invited “The Defensive Line,” a group of professional athletes who have struggled with their own mental health issues, to talk with high school students in Las Vegas’s Clark County School District about the importance of addressing mental health.
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Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital Opens New Autism Clinic

Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital has opened a new Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic in Riverton, Utah, that aims to address the growing need for autism services in the community.
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Intermountain Health partners with Ad Council to address firearm injuries among youth

The Ad Council, in partnership with Intermountain Health and a coalition of health care and business leaders, has launched the social impact program "Agree to Agree," an initiative to reduce gun-related tragedies affecting children and teens.
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New behavioral health center offers walk-in mental health services at Lancaster General Hospital

People in need of immediate help with mental health issues have a new option for treatment with the opening of the Behavioral Health Center at Lancaster General Hospital.
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Researchers uncover possible new biomarker for psychosis diagnosis

Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester in New York are investigating a potential biomarker in the brain that could diagnose psychosis before symptoms appear.
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Mental Health Urgent Care opens in Vermont, addressing critical community health need

To provide a safe alternative to the ED and help people before they experience a mental health crisis, University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vt., and several other organizations worked together to open the Mental Health Urgent Care in October 2024. the Mental Health Urgent Care offers mental health services, peer support and help accessing follow-up services to guests