• 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  |  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  |  Sep 30, 2020

    Tourette & Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics

    This week on Real World Health Care, we continue our series on Movement Disorders with a conversation with Matthew Capriotti, PhD, associate professor of Psychology at San Jose State University. Dr. Capriotti, who collaborates actively with the Tourette Association of America (TAA) to conduct research, advocacy, and educational events, has…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.

  • By Krista Zodet, President/CEO, HealthWell Foundation  |  Nov 27, 2018

    Cancer: Taking Care of the Mind and the Body

    This post marks the final article in our series on cancer-related behavioral health. As the founding sponsor of Real World Health Care, the HealthWell Foundation has been honored to raise awareness of the behavioral health needs of cancer patients and to shine a spotlight on the organizations that participated in…more.

    Categories: Behavioral Health, General
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Nov 7, 2018

    What Comes Next: How to Find the Right Therapist

    For the past several months, Real World Health Care has focused on the behavioral health issues that can impact people living with cancer, their caregivers and their loved ones. We’ve brought you insights from therapists, social workers and mental health professionals, and we’ve highlighted the numerous resources available from a…more.

    Categories: Behavioral Health, General
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