With the coronavirus pandemic leaving millions of Americans experiencing anxiety and depression, we analyse a recent CDC report into the nation's mental health.
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Racial discrimination is a major social determinant of health in the United States. Learn how your organization can identify—and improve—racial disparities in behavioral health.
This blog will help you enhance your interview process to ensure you hire only the most qualified direct support professionals.
As part of DSP Recognition Week we join IDD providers across the nation in taking the time to highlight the dedication of this critical workforce.
Lorilee Binstock talks about her experiences battling with suicidal feelings and what helped her get through them.
Dr. Holcomb answers questions regarding institutional and systemic racism, and ways that white clinicians can better serve their clients of color.
Suicide Prevention Awareness month is an opportunity to share resources and stories on suicide prevention, and to remember those affected by suicide.
As the nation continues to contend with coronavirus, existing health and healthcare disparities among Americans has been exacerbated.
Stories and images of racism and violence has spurred a discussions in health and human services around the impact of racial trauma. Dr. Jamila Holcomb provides insight.
While many healthcare organizations have begun adopting a trauma-informed care framework, it is still less prevalent in those organizations working with IDD.
With trauma-informed care practices becoming increasingly popular, Dr. Jamila Holcomb discusses racial trauma and its implications for clinicians and persons served.
Misdiagnosed and treated for bipolar disorder, Lorilee Binstock was in fact experiencing PTSD as a result of childhood trauma. A trauma that she kept a secret until her fifth suicide attempt.
Epidemics have been shown to create general stress across the populations they affect, and we are yet to see the long-term effects of COVID-19 on mental health.
Any organization can implement and benefit from a trauma-informed system of care, this blog looks at some of the basic principles to take into account.
In a trauma-informed organization all staff should be working from the same vision. In tis blog we share six ways to help nonclinical staff practice trauma-informed care.
