HealthDay (7/7) reports, “The Promoting Resilience in Stress Management (PRISM) program for health care workers and staff is feasible, acceptable, and associated with improved outcomes, according to a study.” Investigators “found that 91% of participants completed” this “skills-based coaching program,” and “88% reported being satisfied.” The results published in JAMA Network Open also revealed improvements “in participant-reported resilience, stress, anxiety, and burnout-exhaustion.”

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— “Resilience and Stress Management Program Aids Health Care Workers, HealthDay , July 7, 2022

Psychiatric News (7/7) reports, “About 20 years ago, diabetes care changed when an organized effort was made to identify patients at risk of diabetes earlier and connect them with treatment,” and “a similar strategy could be used within the substance use disorder (SUD) field by using the term ‘preaddiction,’ advised A. Thomas McLellan, PhD, George F. Koob, PhD, and Nora D. Volkow, MD, in a Viewpoint piece” published online July 6 in JAMA Psychiatry. In the Viewpoint, the authors observed that “the transition from using a substance to developing a substance use disorder is usually slow and variable.”

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— “Concept of ‘Preaddiction’ Could Lead to Early Intervention for Possible Substance Use Disorder, Psychiatric News, July 7, 2022

HCPlive (7/7, Walter) reports research “indicates that a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) does lead to a heightened risk of suicide ideation, suicide attempts, and suicide deaths.” Investigators arrived at that conclusion after conducting a 28-study systematic review and meta-analysis encompassing some “1.05 million individuals with IBD.” The findings were published online in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

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— “IBD Linked to Higher Risk of Suicide Ideation, Attempts, and Death “Kenny Walter, HCPlive, July 7, 2022

The Wall Street Journal (7/7, Chapman, Subscription Publication) reports on how US school districts are implementing measures during summer classes to help ameliorate the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on student mental health.

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— “Schools Are Tackling Mental Health This Summer “Ben Chapman, The Wall Street Journal, July 7, 2022

RevCycle Intelligence (7/6, LaPointe) reports “claim denial rates varied significantly among Healthcare.gov marketplace payers,” according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. The results showed “that, overall, nearly one out of every five claims submitted for in-network services in 2020 was denied by marketplace payers,” but “depending on the payer, average claim denial rates ranged from just 1% to 80%.” Also, denial rates “varied significantly by location, the analysis showed.”

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— “Claim Denial Rates as High as 80% for Some Marketplace Payers “Jacqueline LaPointe, RevCycle Intelligence, July 6, 2022