Each week a quote is shared for your consideration. Some quotes might offer comfort, hope, a challenge, a chuckle, or inspiration. You may or may not agree with the quote, but it is offered simply to help you reflect and ponder.
Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.
The MFP is an initiative staffed by ANA with funding from SAMHSA, making fellowships available to ethnic and racial psychiatric nursing students who are enrolled full time in an accredited master’s/doctoral nursing program.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
This week’s recommended Health and Wellness Activity
HEALTH DISPARITY RELATED ARTICLES
Men's Health Month - Better Health Through Better Understanding (Infographic) (opens new window)
Office of Minority Health's latest infographic illustrates data points on the health of racial and ethnic minority, American Indian, and Alaska Native men. Read more (opens new window)
LGBTQI+ Health & Well-being (opens new window)
HHS works to ensure that LGBTQI+ people, their families, and communities receive equal access to health services by providing enhanced resources for LGBTQI+ health issues; developing better information regarding LGBTQI+ health needs; and working to close the LGBTQI+ health disparities gap that currently exists. Read more (opens new window)
Childhood Cancer Survivors Have Greater Risk of Some Mental Disorders in Adulthood (opens new window)
Children, adolescents, and young adults who survive cancer may be more likely to experience depression, anxiety, and psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia after cancer remission compared with their peers and siblings who did not have cancer, according to a study published today in JAMA Pediatrics. Read more (opens new window)
Journal Digest: Mental Health Discussions in Primary Care, and More (opens new window)
Between 2006 and 2018, the proportion of primary care visits that addressed mental health issues rose by almost 50%, according to a study in Health Affairs. “Given the significant prevalence of mental health diagnoses, the impact of comorbid mental health conditions on utilization, and shortages of mental health professionals. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Congratulations to alumna and current National Advisory Committee (NAC) member Dr. Dawn Bounds on her latest publication, "Strengthening Families to Disrupt Intergenerational Health Inequities With Adolescents at Risk for Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Substance Use, and HIV"
Learn more about the publication
here (opens new window).
MFP Podcast: Mental Health Trailblazers – Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up! (opens new window)
Earn 0.5 hours of CNE credit for listening to this session! MFP/ANA alumna Dr. Bridgette M. (Brawner) Rice joins host, Indrias Kassaye, for a conversation on the epidemic of violence, its mental health implications, and the role that behavioral health professionals, including psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and researchers, can play in addressing the profound existential ramifications for affected communities. Click here (opens new window)to learn more.
About MFP
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