• By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Feb 12, 2025

    Addressing the Behavioral Health Needs of Children, Adolescents and Young Adults

    Experiencing behavioral or mental health symptoms can be alarming, confusing, and exhausting for children, teens, young adults, and their families. Add the all-too-common struggle to find appropriate mental health services and providers, and despair can spiral out of control. That struggle is very real, according to Mental Health America (MHA),…more.

    Categories: Behavioral Health
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Jan 15, 2025

    Behavioral Health Matters: A New Series from Real World Health Care

    Millions of Americans are affected by mental and behavioral health conditions. From depression and anxiety to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, psychosis, and schizophrenia, mental health conditions are far more common than many people think. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) shares some sobering statistics: 1 in…more.

    Categories: Behavioral Health
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Aug 23, 2023

    5 Tips to Manage Caregiver Anxiety and Depression

    Caring for a loved one with a chronic illness can be stressful – physically, emotionally, and financially – and burnout among caregivers can be extremely high. Ruth Lippin, LCSW, JD, sees the deleterious effects of caregiver burnout all too often in her therapy practice in New York City. Anxiety and…more.

  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Apr 28, 2021

    Stress on Family Caregivers Soars During COVID-19 Pandemic

    Serving as a family caregiver for a loved one can be stressful under the best of circumstances. However, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the nation’s estimated 53 million family caregivers have faced additional challenges and taken on new responsibilities that may be pushing some to the brink. An October 2020 report…more.

  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Mar 31, 2021

    COVID-Driven Isolation Can Be Dangerous for Older Adults

    Stay-at-home and social distancing mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic have forced nearly everyone to become more socially isolated than ever before. However, the effects of social isolation among older adults may be more pronounced and have more dire consequences than among people of other ages. “Placing the COVID pandemic aside…more.

  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Mar 17, 2021

    Peer Support Workers Provide Critical Behavioral Health Services During COVID-19 Pandemic

    In the field of behavioral health, peer support workers – people who have faced similar stresses, trauma and mental health challenges to those they serve – have played a crucial role providing non-clinical, “experientially credentialed” support. That role has not abated during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent editorial…more.

  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Mar 3, 2021

    A Pandemic of Uncertainty: Mental Health Challenges in the Era of COVID

    For over a year, the world has lived under the dark cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global, population-wide traumatizing event that has impacted people in a variety of ways – physically, financially and emotionally. According to Maddy Reinert, Senior Director of Population Health, Mental Health America (MHA), the pandemic…more.

  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Jul 17, 2019

    Calling for A Culture of Caring

    When someone becomes ill with a chronic disease such as cancer or multiple sclerosis, theirs is not the only life that changes. Indeed, their illness can impact friends, co-workers, and most particularly, their family members. Nowhere is that impact felt more strongly than by the family caregiver: the person whom…more.

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