MFP/ANA e-Newsletter: July 4, 2025

MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND NURSING ARTICLES

Black Patients Less Likely to Receive Treatment Referrals After Opioid Overdose (opens new window)

Referrals for outpatient treatment after a suspected opioid overdose ranged from 8% to 44%, and Black patients were less likely to receive such a referral versus white patients, according to a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study. Read more (opens new window)

No Addiction Medicine Service? No Problem! Things You Need to Know to Care for Patients with Substance Use Disorders (opens new window)

Hospitalists frequently encounter patients with substance use disorders (SUDs), yet many institutions lack dedicated addiction medicine services. As opioid-related hospitalizations and overdose deaths continue to surge in the U.S., the role of hospitalists in initiating treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) has never been more urgent. Read more (opens new window)

NYC hatches new 'clubhouses' for people with serious mental illness (opens new window)

Robert Zhou, 26, arrived in New York City from the Bay Area a few months ago filled with concerns about his ability to adjust socially and find a job. “ It's definitely overwhelming for someone who has a mental illness,” Zhou said. But on a recent afternoon, Zhou seemed right at home in the common room of a clubhouse called Elements House that opened near the border of Chinatown and the Lower East Side in January, which he says has softened his landing into the city. It’s one of about a dozen clubhouses for people with serious mental illnesses that are opening or expanding across the five boroughs, aided by millions of dollars in new funding from the city health department. Read more (opens new window)

Q&A on Climate Change and Mental Health with Elizabeth Haase, M.D. (opens new window)

Elizabeth Haase, M.D., former chair of the APA's Committee on Climate Change, shares some insights and advice for coping with its mental health effects. Haase is the author of the new book from APA Publishing, “Handbook of Climate Psychiatry and Psychotherapy”  and is the Medical Director of Psychiatry for Carson Tahoe Hospital and Behavioral Health Services in Carson City, Nevada and a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Read more (opens new window)

Relationship Between Short Video Addiction Tendency and Depression Among Rural Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study (opens new window)

Depression, a prevalent mental illness among older people, is associated with some adverse health problems and lower quality of life. Against the backdrop of a growing aging population, coping with late-life depression has become an important public health priority. Emerging evidence suggests that short video addiction tendency may be a new risk factor for depression. Read more (opens new window)  (opens new window)

Dr. Simbiat Adighije Asks: What If Mental Health Care Were as Routine as a Physical? (opens new window)

Dr. Simbiat Adighije built Conscientia Health to solve a problem that never should have existed. She saw working professionals and college students trying to navigate life without any mental health support. They were holding it together, showing up for their jobs, and doing what they were supposed to do. But no one was asking how they were really doing. 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)