Sentences with phrase «behavioral health of women»

We're dedicated to addressing the emotional and behavioral health of women throughout the cycle of pregnancy.

«Combat exposure may jeopardize the behavioral health of women in the military.»

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«This has enormous promise in changing the way we do mental health care as well as medical care,» says David Ahern, director of behavioral informatics and e-health at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Importantly, any report of combat exposure among Army women was associated with an increased likelihood of each post-deployment behavioral health problem (PTSD, depression, and at - risk drinking), suggesting that the impact of even one exposure event should not be overlooked.

«Our findings suggest that injuries, assaults, and combat exposures experienced by women during deployment may have an additive, negative effect on their post-deployment behavioral health,» said Dr. Rachel Sayko Adams, lead author of the Journal of Traumatic Stress study.

«This budget, if enacted, would jeopardize our nation's educational, scientific and health enterprises and limit access to critically needed mental and behavioral health services,» said Antonio E. Puente, president of the American Psychological Society (APS) in Washington, D.C. «These cuts would disproportionately affect people living in poverty, people with serious mental illness and other disabilities, women, children, people living with HIV / AIDS, older adults, ethnic and racial minorities, immigrants, and members of the LGBTQ community.»

Half of the women took part in a smoking cessation program consisting of emotion regulation treatment (ERT) combined with standard cognitive - behavioral therapy (CBT), while the others received CBT and a control treatment consisting of health and lifestyle education.

Almost 60 % of women with a work injury reported experiencing a behavioral health condition before they were injured, compared to 33 % of men.

«There a number of social and cultural factors that may explain why women reported having more behavioral health concerns than men did.

To better understand why women who initiate HPV vaccination do not complete the series, a team of researchers led by Dr. Abbey Berenson from the University of Texas Medical Branch examined the correlates of vaccine series completion among young women using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a cross-sectional telephone health survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

«The question reveals a tension between the goals of health - behavior promotion and informed patient decision - making that has plagued researchers in several health domains, most notably with regard to women's often overly pessimistic perceptions of their breast cancer risk,» Sweeny and Dillard wrote in «The Effects of Expectation Disconfirmation on Appraisal, Affect, and Behavioral Intentions,» published this month in the online edition of Risk Analysis: An International Journal.

The researchers studied the behavioral health data of 2,077 U.S. soldiers (1,823 men and 254 women) who were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and subsequently sought behavioral health services at a large military installation.

The pilot examined the impact of population health and behavioral health interventions on Medicaid beneficiaries at Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), North Shore Medical Center (NSMC), and Newton - Wellesley Hospital (NWH).

The National Institutes of Health — including the National Institute on Aging, the Office of Women's Health Research, the Office of AIDS Research, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research — and the McHugh Otolaryngology Research Fund, the American Geriatrics Society, and the Institute of Translational Medicine at the University of Chicago funded the study.

The findings suggest also that men may be more vulnerable than women to certain risk factors for MCI, says Rhonna Shatz, D.O., director of behavioral neurology at the Henry Ford Health System, in Detroit.

«The Mosaic Center provides excellence in behavioral health care to women who may be struggling with a variety of life issues.

Our clinic offers a range of services, including primary care, chronic disease management, women's health services, behavioral health counseling, substance use counseling, nutrition, a pharmacy, social services, and health education and outreach.

The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project is supported by the National Institutes of Health — the National Institute on Aging, Office of Women's Health Research, Office of AIDS Research, and the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research (5R01AG021487).

Colorado's Strong Start Study: Helping Young Families Affected by Substance Use Build Protective Factors to Prevent Maltreatment [Presentation Slides](PDF - 557 KB) University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Technical Assistance (TA) Institute (2013) Highlights the collaborative partnership between the Colorado Department of Human Services» Division of Early Childhood and Division of Behavioral Health to address the increase in substance use by women since the mid-1980s, the rate of prenatal drug exposure, and child maltreatment.

Recognizing the opportunity to use the MIECHV program to help improve new mothers» mental health, many states are building on promising approaches to address postpartum depression directly through home visiting programs in effective, innovative ways.27 In 2014, 68 percent of state MIECHV - funded programs increased screenings for maternal depressive symptoms and improved referral rates among pregnant women or women enrolled in home visiting programs.28 Additionally, 70 percent of state programs reported improvements to parents» emotional well - being by successfully lowering reported parental stress and reducing rates of depressive symptoms among participating families.29 For example, Moving Beyond Depression is a program that uses in - home cognitive behavioral therapy to ameliorate, not just screen for, maternal depression.

The Interagency Leadership Team is composed of representatives from the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Arizona Department of Education, Arizona Department of Health Services including the Bureau of Women and Children's Health / Title V, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment program (Medicaid) including the Division of Behavioral Health Services, Arizona Early Intervention Program (Part C), and First Things First, as well as consultants and evaluators for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.

«I specialize in the evaluation and evidence - based treatment of a variety of mental and behavioral health difficulties, including: mood disorders; anxiety and trauma; women's health (e.g., pregnancy, postpartum); sexuality, sexual health, and sexual orientation; gender identity and expression; interpersonal relationships, communication, and infidelity.

The Refuge, A Healing Place offers transformative, holistic treatment for men and women who are looking to heal from addiction, mental health concerns, behavioral issues, and other such problems that have been brought on or made worse by the presence of trauma.

Judith Margolin is a licensed psychologist, and is currently the Clinical Director of the Women's Program, at Penn Medicine - Princeton House Behavioral Health.

Maternal Mental Health Now's (formerly LA County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force) program - Perinatal Mental Health Integrated Care Initiative addresses the disjointed nature of behavioral health and mental care systems that provide care to women and their offspring in the county by offering an integrated healthcare Health Now's (formerly LA County Perinatal Mental Health Task Force) program - Perinatal Mental Health Integrated Care Initiative addresses the disjointed nature of behavioral health and mental care systems that provide care to women and their offspring in the county by offering an integrated healthcare Health Task Force) program - Perinatal Mental Health Integrated Care Initiative addresses the disjointed nature of behavioral health and mental care systems that provide care to women and their offspring in the county by offering an integrated healthcare Health Integrated Care Initiative addresses the disjointed nature of behavioral health and mental care systems that provide care to women and their offspring in the county by offering an integrated healthcare health and mental care systems that provide care to women and their offspring in the county by offering an integrated healthcare model.

Maternal depression has been shown to be associated with many adverse health outcomes among the offspring of depressed women, including preterm birth, low birth weight, newborn irritability, developmental delays, somatic complaints, sleep problems, child abuse, and psychiatric and neurobehavioral disorders.8 — 21 Although considered to be attributable in part to genetic factors, some of the behavioral problems observed among children of depressed women are thought to arise from the negative parenting behaviors that these women display.22 — 24 Such negative parenting behaviors include inconsistent discipline and control, unavailability, and emotional insensitivity.22 — 24

Moving beyond simple observations of the negative outcomes associated with depressive symptoms in pregnancy and the postpartum period requires information about 2 related phenomena: 1) the identification of distinct subgroups of women in terms of onset and persistence of depressive symptoms, and 2) the identification of demographic and clinical correlates of these subgroups to aid in the development of more refined models of mechanisms linking depressive symptoms to behavioral and physical health outcomes.

Brianna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA) who specializes in working with women, children, adolescents and families who struggle with a wide variety of mental and behavioral health conHealth Counselor Associate (LMHCA) who specializes in working with women, children, adolescents and families who struggle with a wide variety of mental and behavioral health conhealth concerns.

Heidi is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and Attachment Focused EMDR (AF - EMDR) therapist who specializes in working with women, men, couples, children and adolescents who struggle with a wide variety of mental and behavioral health conHealth Counselor (LMHC), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) and Attachment Focused EMDR (AF - EMDR) therapist who specializes in working with women, men, couples, children and adolescents who struggle with a wide variety of mental and behavioral health conhealth concerns.