Anxious about the news? Our top tips on how to cope
February 19, 2020
“When people started reporting tension and anxiety that stemmed from feeling bombarded by alarming news headlines, some therapists came to describe this as its own phenomenon.
For example, therapist Steven Stosny, Ph.D., refers to it as “headline stress disorder” in an opinion piece for The Washington Post. He describes his personal experience with clients in whom the grueling news cycle triggered intense feelings of worry and helplessness, and he reports that this particularly affected female clients.Stosny’s observations may be spot-on. According Read More
Here’s What The State And Advocates Have In Mind To Change CA’s Mental Health Care System
Mental health leaders commended Newsom’s budget and ideas, but raised questions about missing or underfunded initiatives. And lawmakers are also introducing bills addressing these topics.
Here’s an overview of some of the big mental health initiatives on the table this year.
Read MoreCalifornia bills would make insurers cover more mental health
California legislators on Tuesday introduced two bills aimed at improving access to mental health and addiction treatment by requiring health insurance companies to authorize some forms of treatment more quickly and to cover more comprehensive mental health services.
SB855 would require insurance companies to cover all forms of mental health and substance use treatment that a patient’s doctor deems “medically necessary” — not just emergency or urgent services that existing federal and state parity laws require insurers to cover. The bills’ Read More
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
The National Institute of Mental Health Information Resource Center provides many resources in English and Spanish. This link provides information about Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). It “is a type of depression that comes and goes with the seasons, typically starting in the late fall and early winter and going away during the spring and summer. Depressive episodes linked to the summer can occur, but are much less common than winter episodes of SAD.”
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