New Redleaf Center at Hennepin Healthcare will support the mental health of new parents
The program will address the mental health needs of new parents, with a focus on the overall health of children and families.
Mental Health & Addiction
Addiction experts concerned about more teens getting hooked on nicotine through vaping
Rather than seeing the total number of nicotine users in the state go down as many people had hoped, the popularity of e-cigarettes means that more young Minnesotans are becoming addicted.
High anxiety: What’s driving more teens to seek mental health care?
“Is the world today a scary place? Yes,” said Jenny Britton of Washburn Center for Children. “Is there an uptake in adolescent mental health diagnoses? We’re absolutely seeing that.”
Why a much-hyped treatment for depression faces an uncertain future
Earlier this year, the FDA approved Spravato, a move that gave the controversial practice of using ketamine to treat depression an air of professional legitimacy. But insurance companies have been slow to sanction the treatment.
Embedded stressors strain veterinarian mental health; new research to investigate
The challenges that veterinarians face include high levels of student loan debt, struggles explaining the cost of services to clients, and complex moral conundrums connected to end-of-life animal care, says Athena Diesch-Chham.
By offering naloxone training, U of M Med School hopes to destigmatize addiction for future physicians
“While other medical schools may do trainings,” said Dr. Charles Reznikoff. “I have never heard of a med school anywhere that has incorporated a training for the entire class and provided the kits. That’s where we stand out.”
Study of problem gambling in MN’s Laotian community suggests the need for fresh treatment approaches
To understand how to help people recover from gambling addiction, researchers need to understand the cultural traditions and beliefs that are behind their behaviors, said Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance co-founder Don Feeney.
Minnesota kids need more mental health services. Intensive outpatient treatment programs could be one solution
The Wilder Foundation released a report earlier this year that found clear needs for intensive mental health services in Minnesota, and that there is a particular shortage of treatment options for adolescents.
Incoming members, state leadership have high hopes for Minnesota’s Opioid Advisory Council
Council members will make recommendations for funding programs and services out of a portion of the projected $20.9 million in annual fees to be collected from drug makers and distributors.
Youth of color will take the lead at Catalyst Initiative’s upcoming Youth Cultural Healing Summit
The daylong summit will be anchored with edgy, topical performances by youth-run arts ensembles and feature breakout sessions on a range of topics, including zine-making as a form of radical self-care, the use of Native languages as empowerment and the power of healing circles in African immigrant and refugee communities.
HealthPartners’ ‘Cut Short’ campaign uses a ‘disruptive’ approach to reduce opioid deaths
The public-service spots are just 15 seconds long. Each one is a series of video clips of young people, full of excitement, love and promise — all cut off abruptly, midsentence, followed by the message: “Don’t let opioids cut your story short.”
Major Mayo/Hazelden study may advance personalized medicine for alcohol use disorder
A new large-scale study conducted by researchers at Mayo Clinic and Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation aims to identify biomarkers that would predict patient response to the drug acamprosate.
Her sentence complete, Naomi Gaines-Young wants to talk about mental illness
“I want people to know my story,” she said. “It’s important to do that. I want people to know about serious mental illness and what can happen if it isn’t treated.”
With its new Center for Women’s Recovery, The Retreat addresses the needs of women fighting addiction
The program works to help participants develop close relationships with other women in recovery, through single-gender support groups and mentoring relationships with female volunteers.
At Broadway Family Medicine, physicians treat opioid addiction like a chronic illness
With medications like buprenorphine, or suboxone, readily available, Dr. Bob Levy says that people struggling to break their addiction to opioids can be seen in their regular physician’s office, alongside patients with other common chronic illnesses like diabetes, heart disease or asthma.
Free at last: Opening up about his OCD diagnosis helps KARE 11 anchor Bryan Piatt help others
Piatt spent decades keeping his OCD under wraps, but these days he’s taking the opposite approach.
Hazelden’s new intensive outpatient treatment program focuses on the LGBTQ+ community
The new LGBTQ+ intensive outpatient support group launched June 6. It has already attracted a small but growing group of members.
Tolulope Ola: Understanding culture is key to improving mental health
This year’s African Mental Health Summit, titled “Seeing the Past But Not Captured by it: The Need for Cultural Healing,” will be held July 11 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Mission Detox takes new name and will soon provide opioid withdrawal services
Leaders at the newly named Judy Retterath Withdrawal Management Center in Plymouth decided to expand their withdrawal management offerings because they saw an acute need for these services.
Out of the ashes: Self-portrait series depicts a young artist’s struggle with psychosis
This spring, a collection of Uma Oswald’s self-portraits was hung at the University of Minnesota’s Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health, a center that brings together researchers to study the latest research on mental illness in young people.
