stigma Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:29:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 stigma Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Where is the Outrage About Suicide? https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/where-is-the-outrage-about-suicide/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:26:00 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=11944 A wonderful editorial in JAMA Psychiatry highlights the overwhelming evidence that stigma is continuing to drive underfunding for treatment and prevention of suicide deaths. Suicide and “accidental” overdose deaths are an epidemic in this country. Since 1999, the rate of suicide deaths increased by 28.2%, and this probably underestimates the increase because there is evidence that coroners are categorizing more and ...

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]]> 11944 Depression Screening Recommended https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/depression-screening-recommended/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:35:14 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=9772 Although it seems like nothing more than common sense, we were very pleased to see that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which is the major organization responsible for guidelines for public health interventions in the United States, added depression screening for adults, in particular for pregnant women and women who recently given birth, to its short list of ...

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]]> 9772 Self Injury is the 8th Leading Cause of Death https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/self-injury-is-the-8th-leading-cause-of-death/ Sun, 20 Sep 2015 17:08:02 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=9229 Self injury (including suicide) is the 8th leading cause of death in this country. It is time to do something about it. An article just published online in the prestigious journal JAMA Psychiatry makes us drawn case that our fascination with trying to come up with clear answers to questions that may ultimately be impossible to answer (what a person’s ...

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