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.
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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.
‘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.”
New partnership aims at improving birth outcomes for African American mothers and babies
Beginning this fall, new hires at Roots — two family practice physicians and a certified nurse midwife — will be qualified for official hospital privileges at North Memorial Health Hospital.
High anxiety: Some Minnesota psychiatrists say 25 should be legal age for recreational cannabis
“Because the brain is still not finished developing in someone under the age of 25 or 26, they are more sensitive to being impacted or disrupted than someone whose brain has fully developed,” said Dr. Sara Polley.
Minnesota-developed test aims to measure effectiveness of breast cancer treatment
The test, named HERTEST, was created by scientists at Martell Diagnostic, a Roseville-based med-tech company.
School-linked therapy meets kids and families ‘where they’re at’
Change Inc. is a nonprofit that provides mental health professionals to more than 30 schools around the Twin Cities.
In his ‘Depresh Mode’ podcast, John Moe puts himself ‘out there’ to encourage talk about mental health
In his new show, “The thing I wanted to do was move beyond depression into mental health in general,” Moe said. “There are a lot of disorders that are very common that don’t get talked about enough.”
Clinic founders tout the promise of psychedelics for mental illness; observers urge caution
At IIT, an offshoot of Ellie Family Services, staff members see the use of psychedelic medication as a new and promising way to help patients move beyond blockages in their mental health and take further steps toward recovery.
A new memoir, ‘Strokeland,’ details the author’s life after her husband’s severe stroke
“When something like this happens, especially with any kind of disability that involves someone’s brain, the individual who had the injury will be a different person than they were before. That’s just the way it is,” said author Lynette Lamb.
Princeton schools to pilot Minnesota’s first Teen Mental Health First Aid program
“We are very optimistic that this is going to be ground-breaking work and we hope that we can serve as a leader for state of Minnesota and the country,” said Superintendent Ben Barton.
Phone visits, health equity, vaccines: One physician recounts his pandemic year
For Cuong Pham, M.D., 2020 was a year of change, advocacy and seemingly endless work.
Red Lake ‘Portraits of Recovery’ paints a hopeful picture of Native addiction treatment
The video features the addiction and recovery stories of three Red Lake Chemical Health employees.
Taking peer support online helped one nonprofit expand its approach to recovery
Wellness in the Woods’ Virtual Peer Support Network offers daylong programmed Zoom meetings, giving people with mental health and addiction issues the ability to meet with others to promote wellness and discuss challenges they face.
UMR’s new B.S. degree in health sciences finds a ‘silver lining’ in pandemic-era education
Most classes in the innovative year-round, two-year+ program will be taught virtually, using a gamification-based technology platform designed for the university by Google Cloud.
Advocates urge COVID vaccine priority status for people with schizophrenia
Medical studies have reported that people with schizophrenia are the second most likely after the elderly to die if infected with COVID-19.
New clinic offers alternative options for treatment-resistant depression
The Minnetonka-based clinic — Advanced Brain + Body Clinic — is scheduling virtual appointments and will open officially for in-person treatment on April 6.
‘Bigger than myself’: Incoming Hazelden CEO takes a collective approach to recovery
In a wide-ranging and open conversation, Dr. Joseph Lee talked about his career trajectory, the importance of family connections and how it feels to be a trailblazer.
