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Thursday, October 24, 2019
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TODAY ON THE BLOG

WORKFORCE IN THE COMMUNITY


Building The Community-Based Mental Health Workforce To Expand Access To Treatment
By Heather O’Donnell, Kristin Davis, and
Samantha Mestan

We hope policy makers will take action to support and implement these recommendations to grow the community-based mental health treatment workforce, and thereby improve access to treatment. Read More >>



FOLLOWING THE ACA

Ninth Circuit Blocks Trump Contraceptive Rules
By Katie Keith

On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld, by a 2-1 majority, a preliminary injunction against two Trump-era rules to dramatically expand exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate based on religious or moral objections. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL

PUBLIC OPINION

Evolving Public Views On The Likelihood Of Violence From People With Mental Illness: Stigma And Its Consequences
By Bernice A. Pescosolido, Bianca Manago, and John Monahan

Using National Stigma Study data, Bernice Pescosolido and coauthors analyzed more than two decades of the American public’s views regarding the risk of potential violence by people with mental illness and and support for coerced treatment. Read More >>

HEALTH AFFAIRS EVENTS

PAST EVENT:  VIOLENCE & HEALTH

Violence permeates our society with consequences for victims, perpetrators, and communities alike. Even as media attention tends to focus on incidents of mass violence, it is the daily burden of violence in its many forms that takes the greater toll. Get caught up with the event:  slides (click on Download Event), video, and podcast.

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A CLOSER LOOK—Suicide

New York City's rate of police officer deaths by suicide this year is double the rate of recent years. Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to provide officers free mental health care in response. A Health Affairs article discusses the importance of suicide prevention as an emerging priority in health care.
 
 
 
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