Behavioral Health Intervention & Issues Prevention
As part of AHA's Better Health for Mothers and Babies initiative, this webpage is designed to provide information, resources and best practices to better support hospitals in addressing maternal mental health
Reducing stress and improving mental health is something teams can and should work on together. Use these resources to guide system-, hospital-, and team-based interventions for reducing stress and building resilience.
National Suicide Prevention Week and National Suicide Prevention Month provide an important opportunity to educate the public about suicide prevention and make difference for those impacted by suicide. This toolkit provides an overview of how you can help amplify the message of AFSP’s campaign for…
Check In on Your Mental Wellbeing: Rate your stress. Connect with resources.
These resources can offer immediate support for addressing your stress and wellbeing. In addition to accessing one or more of the resources below, you may find it helpful to reach out to a trusted co-worker, family member, or friend for additional support or help navigating your next steps.
You may be feeling pushed to your limits, whether it’s by the situation that is currently unfolding in your environment due to COVID-19 or other work, family, or social challenges. These free services can help you manage your stress levels and mental health.
Prioritize your mental well-being with these resources designed to help manage distress and maintain resilience.
In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, events sparked by the murder of George Floyd increased the constant exposure to stress in communities of color, a detriment to one’s physical and mental health, writes Kimberlydawn Wisdom, M.D., senior vice president of community health and equity and chief…
Today researchers are expanding their focus to assess the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in psychiatry and therapy to include facial recognition, text analysis software and other tools. The aim is to supplement clinicians’ efforts to spot mental illnesses earlier and improve treatments…
EmPATH — or Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing — is designed to guide patients safely through a current crisis while building coping skills that will guide them through future challenges. Though it just opened in March, this unit is moving emergency mental health care in a new…