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.
As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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
MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND NURSING ARTICLES
Adolescent mental health: a priority public health problem in low resource settings (opens new window)
Violence experienced during childhood and adolescence is a human rights violation that occurs across the globe, with the majority of experiences in low-income to middle-income countries (LMICs). More than 94% of disability-adjusted life years lost due to interpersonal violence exposure in childhood and adolescence are estimated to occur in LMICs. Read more (opens new window)
People are inclined to hide a contagious illness while around others, research shows (opens new window)
A startling number of people conceal an infectious illness to avoid missing work, travel, or social events, new research at the University of Michigan suggests.Across a series of studies involving healthy and sick adults, 75% of the 4,110 participants said they had either hidden an infectious illness from others at least once or might do so in the future. Read more (opens new window)
Pharmaceuticals, Opioid Use, Health Spending, And More (opens new window)
The January issue of Health Affairs includes the annual national health spending report, prepared by Micah Hartman and colleagues at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which shows that in 2022, spending growth returned to its prepandemic rate. Other articles in this issue discuss drug development, treatment for opioid use disorder, and more. Read more (opens new window)
A stealthy cholesterol is killing people, and most don't know they're at risk (opens new window)
Doctors are increasingly calling for screening for lipoprotein(a), a kind of cholesterol that can lead to deadly heart attacks by middle age. Read more (opens new window)
MFP/ANA ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPCOMING EVENTS
Applications for our 2024-2025 cohort are now open! If you have ever considered earning a master’s or doctoral degree in psychiatric mental health nursing and identify as a member of an ethnic minority in the U.S., learn more about the MFP/ANA and apply today at
apply.emfp.org (opens new window).
The Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is seeking stellar applicants for the position of Health Sciences Clinical Professor at the Assistant or Associate rank to teach within the new multicampus UC Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Certificate Program. Successful candidates will be responsible for various aspects of the UC PMHNP Certificate Program, including teaching in the postgraduate certificate program, serving as the lead faculty member for UC Irvine’s Southern California region, serving as part of the program’s leadership group, and engaging in developing and recruiting clinical training partnerships for PMHNP students within UC Irvine’s catchment area. Apply Now (opens new window)
We reach back to Season 1 for this week's Mental Health Trailblazers, Psychiatric Nurses Speak Up! Podcast throwback featuring Dr. Mijung Park. We continue to pray for a positive outcome to her missing person's case.
Listen Now (opens new window)
Upcoming Events:
In a 6-part online course, Dr. Broderick Sawyer, clinical psychologist and Liberation Psychology trainer, will teach students how to balance their desire for perfection using behavioural, attention, and compassion-based techniques. Each 60-minute class session, Dr. Sawyer will use a blend of instruction, discussion, and skill-building to help you understand, reflect on, and balance perfectionism.
Jan 17, 2024 | 7:00 pm/ET
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HOTLINE RESOURCES
The National CLAS Standards
The National CLAS Standards are a set of 15 action steps intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by providing a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to implement culturally and linguistically appropriate services. View the standards here (opens new window)
About MFP
Funding for the MFP e-Newsletter was made possible (in part) by Grant Number 1H79SM080386-05 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written training materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
