U of M’s forensic psychiatry fellowship program helps fill gap in Minnesota’s mental health workforce
Facing a nationwide shortage of forensic psychiatrists, the U’s program emphasizes to med school graduates the benefits of a public-sector career.
Andy Steiner
Andy Steiner is a Twin Cities-based writer and editor. Before becoming a full-time freelancer, she worked as senior editor at Utne Reader and editor of the Minnesota Women’s Press. Email her at asteiner@minnpost.com.
‘Fierce’ force: For two decades, Meredith Hart House has supported women in recovery
Located in a former convent just blocks away from the Minnesota State Capitol, Hart House is a program of Missions Inc., a Plymouth-based nonprofit with a long history of supporting people recovering from homelessness, domestic violence and addiction.
In COVID’s early days, Twin Cities doctors collaborated to keep offering ‘life-saving’ ECT
For many people, electroconvulsive therapy sounds like a last resort. But ECT is a safe and effective procedure, one that has helped countless patients struggling with severe depression or bipolar disorder.
Home visits support mental health of the youngest Minnesotans
At St. David’s Center for Child and Family Development, early childhood workers help parents and their young children learn healthy ways to interact and cope with life stressors.
A ‘memorable’ man is remembered through a gift of technology
After her husband died of COVID, his widow asked friends to donate to a fund to buy iPads for Regions Hospital so families of patients could communicate.
Hazelden execs share addiction histories, retirement plans
This fall, Marvin Seppala, chief medical officer, and Nick Motu, vice president and chief external affairs officer, will be retiring after decades with the nonprofit addiction treatment giant.
Study investigates mental-health themed musicals’ ‘significant’ toll on performers
Current blockbuster productions like “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Next to Normal” and “Heathers: The Musical” all focus on mental health themes.
St. Cloud-based advocate approaches mental health care ‘from the inside out’
Kahin Adam’s razor-sharp focus on the mental health needs of the Somali diaspora inspired him to pack up his life and move to St. Cloud.
United Health’s inaugural ‘Disparities Report’ highlights health inequities
The study documents the breadth, depth and persistence of health disparities in the U.S. to provide objective data to inform efforts to reduce them.
With legislative OK, local mental health providers plan significant inpatient expansions
“We are going to add 30 more inpatient beds by the end of 2022,” said Todd Archbold, CEO of PrairieCare.
Support group helps moms with terminated parental rights cope with grief and loss
The group offers support to women who often feel that they have to bear their grief alone.
Statewide study of youth oral health reveals serious care gaps for Minnesota kids in foster care
Many dentists in private practice actually lose money on patients with public insurance and set limits on the number they treat.
For adolescents, poor sleep can exacerbate mental illness and addiction
The adolescent brain is still developing, said Dr. Jessica Cici, and because of this, poor sleep can be particularly problematic for teens’ growing bodies and brains.
In-clinic options help people with serious mental illness feel better about getting the jab
Staff working at the St. Paul-based nonprofit Guild have developed strategies to help their clients become more comfortable with the idea of getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Expansion of food benefits to youngest Minnesotans supports overall health, wellness
The new P-EBT benefit is available to some 81,000 Minnesota children age 5 and younger.
HealthPartners study investigates depression treatment during pregnancy
While depression is relatively common in pregnancy, treatment varies, with many pregnant people forgoing antidepressant medications or psychotherapy treatment.
‘A really difficult year’: High school seniors are struggling with their mental health
When history threw many young people’s carefully laid plans off course, diagnoses of common mental health concerns like anxiety and depression soared — as did the rates of substance use, said Cindy Doth, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation youth and school outreach manager.
A fundraising campaign by two Twin Cities churches paid off millions in medical debt for thousands of households
Together, the churches collected enough money to eliminate $2,848,121 worth of old medical debts.
‘A light of hope’: For 25 years, nonprofit has supported women seeking asylum
Since the founding of Sarah’s … an Oasis for Women in the 1990s, it has served more than 600 women from more than 70 nations.
Richelle Moen: Stress around post-COVID reintegration can mimic social anxiety
“We need to realize that we all make mistakes,” said Moen. “We’re all working under different timelines. We should try to have grace for ourselves and others.”
