Rethink Mental Health
News and perspectives about empowering populations to thrive mentally.
Social Determinants of Mental Health and the Shift Upstream
Health experts and healthcare systems are now beginning to focus on social determinants of health by increasingly adopting upstream rather than downstream approaches for prevention and care in matters of physical health. A similar approach is now needed for mental health.
How Steve’s Discovery Saved $35,000 in Healthcare Costs… plus Incalculable Impact
Steve is a 54-year-old man with over 20 years of sobriety from alcohol. He was relatively healthy and physically active. He had some degenerative disc disease that required surgery but had managed well for several years with regular activity and stretching. He began complaining of increasing back pain and couldn’t find relief through stretching or ibuprofen.
The Virtues of Holistic Medicine: Impacts for Health Plans and Health Systems
Health plans and health systems are uniquely positioned to leverage the advantages of caring for the whole person, connecting body, mind, and spirit. With value-based and accountable care, your organization may be managing under-risk contracts, prioritizing resources to avoid penalties, working to reduce costs, and focusing on reducing readmission rates caused by co-morbidities. Adopting holistic practices can help your organization accomplish these goals.
How to Support Professional Caregiver Well-being
Healthcare providers face numerous chronic stressors, including high and increasing productivity expectations, the pressure of high-stakes decision-making in the face of ambiguity, and witnessing the pain, loss, and suffering of patients and their families. Caregivers often experience distress when they perceive that the treatments they are administering are futile or when they are unable to deliver the quality of care that they believe it is their duty to give. In the context of insufficient support and resources, each of these factors can lead to the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization that is characteristic of burnout.
Understanding and Improving Mental Health Needs in Your Community
This webinar shares data-driven approaches that help improve understanding of mental health needs in a community and system-level strategies, especially in context with social determinants of health. Our panel discusses a new model for “Population-based Mental Health” and demonstrates emerging practices that link individuals to needed evidence-based resources.
Massachusetts Police Collaborative Expands Mental Health Support for Staff and Community to Deal with Effects of COVID, Civil Unrest
With citizens and police staff grappling with the confluence of a pandemic, civil unrest, and financial insecurity, the Front Line Initiative has expanded its spectrum of mental health services and programs to include CredibleMind’s self-care prevention platform. The Initiative currently helps provide residents of Chelmsford, Billerica, Dracut, Tewksbury, and Tyngsborough, Massachusetts with access to mental health clinicians and peer support staff.
Self-Love Matters—Even at Work
The importance of mental and physical health has never been more obvious as people everywhere struggle to endure the COVID-19 pandemic. During this difficult time, you can have an enormous positive impact on the lives of your employees by supporting their health and well-being. Taking the steps suggested below accomplishes this goal while creating a healthy culture and a thriving business.
Top 5 Ways to Lead Your Team to Success by Supporting their Health & Wellbeing
The importance of mental and physical health has never been more obvious as people everywhere struggle to endure the COVID-19 pandemic. During this difficult time, you can have an enormous positive impact on the lives of your employees by supporting their health and wellbeing. Taking the steps suggested below accomplishes this goal while creating a healthy culture and a thriving business.
Imposter Syndrome: How Your Employees Can Grow From Feeling Uncomfortable
What do an Oscar-winning filmmaker, a UN lawyer, a NASA engineer, and a Harvard doctor have in common? Well, at one point in their careers, each of these high-achieving individuals felt like an imposter. Even renowned author Maya Angelou once said, “I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh-oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.’”
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