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Nutritional psychiatry is an emerging field that explores the connection between nutrition science and mental and emotional well-being. Dr. Uma Naidoo, our guest on this week’s podcast episode, is a trailblazer in the field and who calls food “one of [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Audio Podcast, Business Group on Health, Healthcare Tags: Business Group on Health, food as medicine, mental health, nutritional psychiatry, Uma Naidoo
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It’s well-understood that young people’s mental health is suffering; it’s the subject of news headlines, dinner conversations, and benefit strategy sessions as employers explore how to support families. On this episode of the Business Group on Health podcast, we dig [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Audio Podcast, Business Group on Health, Healthcare Tags: Business Group on Health, Laura Erickson-Schroth, mental health, The Jed Foundation, Vivante Health, youth, youth mental health
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The latest data show that suicide is the twelfth leading cause of death in the U.S. and among those with the highest rates are younger, working age adults (ages 25-34). While there are a multitude of factors that contribute to [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Audio Podcast, Business Group on Health, Healthcare Tags: Aim Specialty Health, Business Group on Health, Christine Yu Moutier, mental health, mental health benefits employer sponsored health care, suicide, suicide prevention, suicide risk
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While once deemed to have no medical value, there’s currently a race underway to study and gain FDA approval for the use of psychedelics as a mental health treatment. In this episode of the Business Group on Health Podcast, we [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Audio Podcast, Business Group on Health, Healthcare Tags: Business Group on Health, employer sponsored health care, innovation, mental health, mental health treatment, psychedelic therapy
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It’s no secret that the pandemic has been detrimental to our mental health. The American Psychological Association’s report, Stress in America 2021: Pandemic Stress One Year On, quantifies the toll it’s taken, illuminating the profound effect of prolonged stress on [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Audio Podcast, Business Group on Health, Healthcare Tags: American Psychological Association, Business Group on Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19, emotional health, mental health, Pandemic Stress
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For more than a year we’ve upended our daily lives and altered our behavior to avoid contracting the coronavirus. Post-vaccination, why are we uncertain and even anxious about taking off masks around other vaccinated people, sending our kids back to [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Audio Podcast, Business Group on Health, Healthcare Tags: Business Group on Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19, emotional health, FONO, Lucy McBride, mental health, Post-vaccination
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One of the many tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic is its impact on those struggling with substance use disorders. Overdose deaths in the U.S. are estimated to reach an all-time high in 2020, likely driven by stress, isolation and decreased [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Audio Podcast, Business Group on Health Tags: addiction, Business Group on Health, employer health, mental health, stigma
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Even before COVID-19, the U.S. was facing a caregiving crisis. And now, well over half of Americans are worrying about, taking care of, or looking out for a friend, neighbor or family member due to pandemic. But as these unpaid [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Audio Podcast, Business Group on Health, Healthcare Tags: Business Group on Health, Caregivers, caregiving, employer health, mental health