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4/30/2015 May is Mental Health Month 2015For over 65 years, Mental Health America and our affiliates across the country have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings.
MHA of Metropolitan Baltimore (local affiliate) 711 West 40th Street, Suite 460 Baltimore, MD 21211 (410) 235-1178 x 202 eleatherwood@mhamd.org http://mhamd.org 4/15/2015 Johns Hopkins 29th Annual Mood Disorders Symposium Tuesday, April 21st, 2015, 11am-5:15pm
Thomas B. Turner Building Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205 Register Here You are invited to attend the 29th Annual Mood Disorders Symposium presented by the Johns Hopkins Mood Disorders Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Each year, the Mood Disorders Research/Education Symposium strives to improve knowledge and treatment of mood disorders. Speakers have been selected this year who can specifically address the treatment of these disorders, both the medication management and the psychotherapeutic interventions available to clinicians, patients, and their families. The symposium is open to all who are interested in learning more about mood disorders, including individuals living with a mental illness, their families, mental health practitioners, and community partners. The registration cost for patients and their family members is $30. 4/14/2015 The DBSA "I to We" WeekendThis special wellness conference and leadership forum focuses on building wellness, on building a community of support, and on building a network of empowered voices. Connect with inspiration, education, and the support of peers, September 25 – 27, 2015,
at the DBSA I to We Weekend. Join the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance at a one-of-a-kind weekend filled with peer- centered, educational workshops presented by leading mental health experts and educators, distinguished authors, and innovative advocates. Held at the Eaglewood Resort and Spa, just outside of Chicago in Itasca, IL, this affordable weekend offers individuals living with depression or bipolar disorder and their family members, friends, and health care providers, educational and inspirational sessions to build wellness and community as well as celebrate strengths and contributions. To learn more or register, visit www.DBSAlliance.org/ItoWeWeekend or call (800) 826-3632. Regarding Meredith Cohn's recent report "Equal coverage for mental and medical health remains an issue, studies show" (April 3), I greatly appreciated her attention to the continued lack of parity in coverage for mental health care. As a society we must move beyond the idea that mental and physical health are somehow separable. Mental illnesses have organic causes, similar to hypertension and diabetes. We also know that untreated mental illness makes other disease outcomes worse and that chronic disease can greatly increase the likelihood of having mental illness. A complaint-based reporting system has not led to the needed systemic change. Relying on vulnerable people to advocate for themselves in a complicated and ever-changing market is both unreasonable and unjust. For a practicing physician, there are few things more tragic than watching a patient who is spiraling into crisis be denied mental health care coverage. The time has come to require — and enforce — coverage parity for mental health treatment. Diane Horvath-Cosper, Baltimore The writer is a physician at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 4/9/2015 Defining bipolar depression Raise your hand if this happened to you: An initial diagnosis of major depression was later changed to bipolar disorder. If so, you’ve got lots of company. And no wonder: Research suggests that on average, people with bipolar I have three episodes of depression for every manic episode. For bipolar II, the ratio of depression to elevated mood is a whopping 40:1.
As it happens, mania is fairly easy for clinicians to diagnose. In the absence of obvious manic or hypomanic symptoms, however, it’s challenging for clinicians to figure out whether a depression is part of a bipolar disorder or not. Yet getting an accurate diagnosis is key to finding effective treatment. A recent study offers some hope: According to Australian researchers, a model called the Probabilistic Approach to Bipolar Depression “was demonstrated for the first time to significantly distinguish” both bipolar I and bipolar II from major depressive disorder. Read more... Read " The Downside of Up" in the newsletter online: http://www.icontactarchive.com/ixFiZxXkUEYgOTC7OK2vt2MwxRCu1m63?w=4 May is Mental Health Month 2015 For over 65 years, Mental Health America and our affiliates across the country have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings. MHA of Metropolitan Baltimore (local affiliate) 711 West 40th Street, Suite 460 Baltimore, MD 21211 (410) 235-1178 x 202 eleatherwood@mhamd.org http://mhamd.org |
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