Tag Archives: Mental

Kaiser mental health patients struggle for timely treatment – Los Angeles Times

After years of state sanctions and fines, Kaiser Permanente claims it has gone a long way toward improving its mental health care. The national managed-care giant — California’s largest insurer with 9 million members — touts more than 1,200 therapist hires since 2016, improved patient access to appointments and an expanded training program for mental… Read More »

Online Course on Women’s Mental Health Is Live!

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN We are currently offering an online course on women’s mental health. This online course focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in women across the reproductive lifespan. Specialized knowledge is necessary to tailor treatments to reproductive events such as pregnancy and pregnancy planning, the postpartum, breastfeeding, the menopausal… Read More »

Cannabis not proven in mental health: study

Australian researchers have found little evidence that medicinal cannabis can relieve mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression and psychosis. In a review of scientific studies that analysed the impact of medicinal cannabinoids on six mental health disorders, the researchers found “a lack of evidence for their effectiveness.” Their findings have important implications for countries such… Read More »

Register for Online Course on Women’s Mental Health – Beginning November 4, 2019

For those of you who will not be able to attend our one day course in Women’s Mental Health in Boston on Thursday, October 17th, we are offering an online version of the course. This online course will focus on the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in women across the reproductive lifespan. Specialized knowledge… Read More »