Topic :: Mental/Behavioral health
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- In: Katzman DK, Gordon C, Callahan T, Joffe A, Rosenthal S, Trent M, Chung R, eds. Neinstein’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Practical Guide. 7th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2023.
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- In 2002, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that the entire pediatric population receive care in a medical home. Nearly two decades later, only 45% of adolescents attained this standard of care, according to a new Center analysis of data from the 2020-2021 National Survey of Children’s Health. Socio-economic disparities persist and those with mental health problems continue to have…
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- Engaging Research Innovations and Challenges (EnRICH) The AYAH-RN was invited to present as part of the Engaging Research Innovations and Challenges (EnRICH) webinar series hosted by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in February 2021. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the AYAH-RN highlighted two AYAH-RN projects linked to the pandemic: studies of young adults led by Dr. Hoyt…
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- The Center created multiple tools to address adolescent and young adult mental health concerns, through an innovative “CoIIN” quality improvement project focused on depression screening and follow up care, complemented by public health interventions. About three quarters of people with depression experienced their first symptoms by age 24. Thus, the teen and young adult years present a key window to…
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- The COVID-19 pandemic brought increased attention to the mental health status and needs experienced by young adults. The 2021 Surgeon General’s Advisory addressing the importance of protecting youth mental health highlights the growing mental health crisis among children, adolescents, and young adults. Among young adults, mental health conditions had been rising prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and during the COVID-19…
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- For college-age young adults, stigma around mental health and mental health treatment can pose a barrier to seeking services. Finding high quality services can also be a challenge. A new report by Young Invincibles describes two innovative initiatives to address these issues, with a focus on young adults of color: a digital ad campaign and a peer advocacy project at…
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- Behavioral/Emotional Screening Tool for clinical settings (E. Ozer, PhD, Sara Buckelew, MD, Veronika Mesheriakova, UCSF) Health-e-Check, originally developed by Ozer and colleagues through AHRQ funding, is being updated with the goal of streamlining integration into the electronic medical record to serve as a prototype for other LEAH projects and beyond. Health e-Check provides a screening report to adolescent providers to…
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- December 13th, 2018 INSPIRE builds on gaming techniques to create an environment in which teens participate in unfolding narratives that address peer pressure, social norms, and alternative consequences of alcohol use. Players adopt the role of a teenage protagonist who “relives” a high-school get-together involving alcohol, with virtual characters who model a range of health behaviors. Outcomes in the story line are actively shaped…
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- Dr. Sion Harris, core partner of the AYAH-RN, developed website teaching materials to engage parents in helping prevent opioid abuse. Specifically, this work builds on existing parent education website materials developed by Boston Children’s Hospital/Howard University that address other substance abuse issues. The new module will provide parents with the latest science on opioids and their effects and risks (particularly…
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- Dr. Irwin, AYAH-RN co-Principal Investigator, authored a commentary published in the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, with the AYAH-RN’s three review articles described above. The commentary reviewed major federal efforts in adolescent health, beginning with support for physician training programs in the 1960s. Efforts show an increasingly transdisciplinary approach in federal initiatives to improve adolescent and…
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