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HHS Announces Awards In Grant Programs Dealing With Substance Misuse, Overdose

Healthcare Finance News (7/21, Lagasse) reported the Department of Health and Human Services, “through its Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is announcing awards in five grant programs devoted to combating multiple facets of substance misuse and the nation’s overdose epidemic.” The funding awards altogether total $47.8 million. They “are part of ongoing federal efforts in prevention, treatment, recovery support and harm reduction – the pillars of the HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy.”

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— “HHS distributes $47.8 million to expand access to opioid use disorder medications,”Jeff Lagasse, Healthcare Finance News, July 21, 2023

More Than A Third Of People Who Are Grieving Appear To Meet DSM-5 Criteria For Prolonged Grief Disorder, Research Suggests

Psychiatric News (7/21) reported, “More than one-third of people who are grieving meet the DSM-5 criteria for prolonged grief disorder,” investigators concluded after surveying “1,137 bereaved adults using the Prolonged Grief-13-Revised scale (PG-13-R), which is used to identify patients who meet the DSM-5 criteria for prolonged grief disorder.” The findings were published online July 19 in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

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— “More Than One-Third of Bereaved May Have Prolonged Grief Disorder, Psychiatric News, July 21, 2023

Among US Veterans, Significant Differences In Dementia Incidence Exist Based On Neighborhood Deprivation, Researchers Say

MedPage Today (7/20, Sullivan) reports, “Significant differences in dementia incidence emerged based on neighborhood deprivation,” investigators concluded in “a study of 1.6 million U.S. veterans.” The study revealed that “over a mean follow-up of 11 years, older veterans in the most socioeconomically disadvantaged areas were 22% more likely to develop dementia than those in the least disadvantaged neighborhoods.” The findings were presented in a poster at the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference and simultaneously published online in JAMA Neurology.

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Hospitalizations, ED Visits For Suicide Attempts, Ideation Appear To Have Risen Nationally Among Children, Teens From 2016 To 2021, Research Suggests

NBC News (7/19, Pandey) reported, “Hospitalizations and emergency” department (ED) “visits for suicide attempts and ideation rose nationally among children and teens from 2016 to 2021,” investigators concluded in a study that “focused on a set of more than 73,000” ED “visits and hospitalizations for suicidal ideation or suicide attempts among children and teens enrolled in commercial health insurance plans and in Medicare Advantage.” The findings were published online July 19 in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Teens have increasingly wound up in the hospital for suicidal thoughts and attempts, study shows,”Maia Pandey, NBC News , July 19, 2023

COVID-19-Related Disruptions In Healthcare Services Appear Not To Have Significantly Reduced Ability Of Adults To Remain In Treatment For OUD, Claims Data Indicate

Psychiatric News (7/20) reports, “Disruptions in healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic did not significantly reduce the ability of adults to remain in treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD),” investigators concluded in a study that “analyzed deidentified administrative insurance claims for adults aged 18 or older who were covered by commercial insurance or Medicare Advantage from March 2018 to February 2022.” The findings of the 13,113-adult study were published online July 18 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “Study Suggests Few Disruptions in Treatment for OUD During the Pandemic, Psychiatric News, July 20, 2023

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