MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: March 22, 2024

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.

9 Black women who have transformed health and wellness throughout history (opens new window)

Personal Development Goals: Helping Your Clients Succeed (opens new window)

How My Depression Changed Over Time (opens new window)

Nikole-Hannah-Jones Argues Colorblindness is a Trap (opens new window)

I began working on this cover story for the @nytmag even before the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action because I knew we were focusing on the wrong things. This ruling was not about something so inconsequential as how many Black kids get into Harvard. The affirmative action ruling was the culmination of a 50-year strategy to turn the ideals of the Civil Rights Movement against justice for descendants of slavery, and against our democracy itself. This is a warning. Online today, in print on Sunday. Listen Now (opens new window)

How fear unfolds inside our brains (opens new window)

The stress-induced mechanisms that cause our brain to produce feelings of fear in the absence of threats -- such as in PTSD -- have been mostly a mystery. Now, neurobiologists have identified the changes in brain biochemistry and mapped the neural circuitry that cause generalized fear experiences. Read more (opens new window)

CARE More Foundation funding helps students of color aiming to become mental health providers (opens new window)

Finding a counselor of color in Minnesota can be difficult, especially for those who are looking for someone of a similar race or ethnicity. A big part of seeking mental health treatment is the search for understanding — something that, for some clients, can be tied to their provider’s race or ethnic background. “There’s relatability that comes from a certain walk of life,” said Molly Jockheck, a clinical counselor at CARE Counseling, a practice with locations around Minnesota. Read more (opens new window)

Boston investing $21 million in behavioral health services and programing for youth, families (opens new window)

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and public health officials on Wednesday announced $21 million in "transformative funding" for mental and behavioral health programs to support the city's youth and families.The investments will serve more than 50,000 students, directly impact 21 Boston Public Schools, support more than 600 people pursuing behavioral health careers in Boston, grow and diversify BPS’s mental health staff and provide more than 1,000 people with behavioral health training to better serve youth and families in the city over five years, officials said. Read more (opens new window)

How the U.S. Is Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis — COVID, social media, gun violence all contributing factors, says Rachel Levine, MD, of HHS (opens new window)

In part two of this exclusive video interview, MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, talks with Admiral Rachel Levine, MD, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), about how HHS is addressing mental health issues among U.S. kids and adolescents. Read More (opens new window)

Psilocybin for Depression Win; 1 in 10 Kids Have ADHD; Loneliness in Middle Age — News and commentary from the psychiatry world (opens new window)

The FDA granted CYB003 -- an investigational depression treatment that acts as a deuterated psilocybin analog -- a breakthrough therapy designation after patients achieved an average 22-point symptom reduction in Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale total score at 4 months in a two-dose phase II study, developer Cybin announced. Read More (opens new window)