MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: May 30, 2025

MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND NURSING ARTICLES

“I'm his brain”: A qualitative study of care partners supporting the inner strength of persons living with mild cognitive impairment (opens new window)

Despite the need, care partners of persons living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) use supportive services less. The unique needs of care partners to persons living with MCI are not well described. This study explores how care partners support the inner strength of persons newly diagnosed with MCI. Read more (opens new window)

U.S. reports cases of new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 behind surge in China (opens new window)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's airport screening program has detected multiple cases of the new COVID-19 variant NB.1.8.1, which has been linked to a large surge of the virus in China. 

Cases linked to the NB.1.8.1 variant have been reported in arriving international travelers at airports in California, Washington state, Virginia and the New York City area, according to records uploaded by the CDC's airport testing partner Ginkgo Bioworks. Read more (opens new window)

Freespira Receives FDA Clearance for Adolescents Ages 13–17; Clinically Validated, At-Home Treatment Reduces Panic Disorder Symptom Severity by 54% and PTSD Symptom Severity by 44% (opens new window)

Freespira’s third FDA clearance addresses surging adolescent anxiety and provider shortages with unique medication-free treatment combining capnometry-guided respiratory intervention (CGRI) with behavioral coaching Read more (opens new window)

One researcher shares her experience studying and living with bipolar disorder (opens new window)

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania.Kay Redfield Jamison (opens new window) is one of those people. She's also a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has written extensively about the topic, from medical textbooks to personal memoirs. In fact, Jamison penned one of the first memoirs ever written by a medical doctor living with bipolar, An Unquiet Mind (opens new window). Read more (opens new window)  (opens new window)

5 years after anti-police protests, initiatives for officer mental health have traction (opens new window)

ATLANTA — A day rarely goes by when Officer Jonnie Moeller-Reed's eyes don't fall on a small, framed photograph on the bookshelf in her office. It shows two smiling young men in casual, colorful shirts and shorts. Both died by suicide in the past few years. Looking at the photo of her late colleagues "is my daily reminder of what truly motivates me," says Moeller-Reed, her voice quivering ever so slightly. Read more (opens new window)

Social Media Use and Depressive Symptoms During Early Adolescence (opens new window)

Question  Are there within-person associations between social media use (time) and depressive symptoms across early adolescence Findings  In this cohort study of 11 876 children and adolescents, within-person increases in social media use during early adolescence were prospectively associated with greater depressive symptoms 1 year later, whereas depressive symptoms were not associated with later social media use. Read more (opens new window)

HOTLINE RESOURCES

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (opens new window) or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) 

The Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (opens new window) provides COVID-19 guidance and resources to assist individuals, providers, communities and sates across the country. The website is updated daily.

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)