Emerging research
suggests the COVID-19 pandemic will have a lasting impact on the mental
wellbeing of young people. Leigh
Fischer discusses the potential rise in suicidal thoughts
and behaviors, mental illness, and substance use—and what providers and
communities are doing about it.
Recovery-oriented mental
health services and programs are essential for veterans with mental
illness. Leigh Evans
worked with the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a tool to
assess recovery-oriented climate and culture in mental health programs
for veterans.
Older adults are twice
as likely as the general population to have pain, and clinicians often
rely on opioid treatment to address that pain. As a result, opioid use,
misuse, and opioid use disorder have increased among older adults, who
are vulnerable to adverse reactions. Working with the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), we’re collecting needed
information to help providers improve pain management for older adults.
COVID-19 is hitting
younger adults, racial/ethnic minorities, essential workers, and unpaid
adult caregivers particularly hard, with disproportionately worse mental
health outcomes and increases in substance use and suicidal thoughts. Lisanne Brown discusses
four community-level activities key stakeholders should consider.
How can we reduce the
risk of adverse drug events among older adults? In this article, funded
by AHRQ, Tara Earl
and colleagues explained how de-prescribing interventions—and use of the
Screening Tool of Older Persons’ potentially inappropriate Prescriptions
(STOPP) criteria—could reduce multiple drug use and associated adverse
drug events.
Our new study, conducted
with the Boston University School of Public Health, found that youth
exposure to alcohol ads on cable TV in the U.S. declined from 2018 to
2019. Reducing exposure may be associated with reductions in underage
drinking.
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