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  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Mar 26, 2025

    ADHD & Anxiety: Two Common Coexisting Disorders

    Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition characterized by an ongoing pattern of inattention, hyperactivity, impulsivity, and/or issues with executive functioning. Symptoms of ADHD often include a persistent and pervasive inability to focus, disorganization, and restlessness. Over two-thirds of people with ADHD have at least one additional coexisting condition1…more.

    Categories: Behavioral Health
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Mar 12, 2025

    Supporting the Mental Health of Cancer Patients

    When considering the impact of a cancer diagnosis, many people may naturally focus on the physical aspects of the disease – what cancer does to the body. However, cancer can affect a patient’s mental health too, as well as the mental health of one’s family and caregivers. According to the…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.

    Categories: Behavioral Health, Caregiving
  • 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.

    Categories: Behavioral Health, COVID 19
  • 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.

    Categories: Behavioral Health, COVID 19
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Feb 17, 2021

    Help is Available for Frontline Health Care Workers Struggling to Manage Their Own Anxiety and Depression Resulting from COVID-19 Patient Care

    NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: To help meet the mental health needs of frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, our sponsor, the HealthWell Foundation, has launched a new fund to provide copayment assistance for behavioral health treatments. Through the COVID-19 Frontline Health Care Workers Behavioral Health Fund, HealthWell will…more.

    Categories: COVID 19, Uncategorized
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Sep 12, 2018

    Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Teens and Young Adults with Cancer

    This week, Real World Health Care focuses on the special behavioral health issues that can impact teens and young adults with cancer. We are delighted to share information on this topic from the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, and to feature insights from Tammy A. Schuler, PhD, a Licensed…more.

    Categories: Behavioral Health, General
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Mar 20, 2018

    Can Psychosocial Care Increase the Value of Cancer Care?

    This week, Real World Health Care interviews Suzanne M. Miller, PhD, Professor of Cancer Prevention and Control and Director of Patient Empowerment and Health Decision Making at Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC). Dr. Miller is on the Board of Directors of the HealthWell Foundation and the Society of Behavioral Medicine…more.

    Categories: Behavioral Health, General
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