Articles Tagged: Mental health

UI instructor and nonprofit director Fred Meyer reveals new Earthmind programming for students

Advocates hope the governor’s plan to combine mental health and substance use treatment networks will improve access for Iowans. But some worry that until other funding issues are addressed — like low Medicaid reimbursement rates — “We're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.”

Mental health isn’t just a concern among students. Faculty and staff across Iowa and the nation are facing heightened mental health needs too – both personally and professionally, in their role responding to and managing the student distress they see in their classrooms.

More than two years after launching a 24/7 crisis and support line for University of Iowa students, the campus in January expanded that phone, text, and online chat service to faculty, staff, and postdocs – as part of an ongoing UI effort to “prioritize the mental health and well-being of employees.”

There were 212 licensed psychiatrists practicing in the state in 2021, down from 236 in 2012, according to Iowa Health Professions Tracking Center.

A state official says it would help streamline services offered to Iowans, align the goals of existing systems and eliminate redundancies in mental health and addiction treatment programs.

The governor heard from groups requesting additional tax cuts, as well as support for child care, apprenticeships and mental health services during a public hearing Wednesday.

Across colleges and universities, the words and lived experiences of addiction and recovery, dependence and therapy, mental illness and counseling are becoming less taboo, making initiatives like Iowa State University’s Collegiate Recovery Program more popular and important for students seeking support.

During the holidays, we’re tempted to spend too much money on gifts, stay up too late, fill our calendar with parties, skip regular exercise or eat too much. Here’s what a UI professor had to say on how centering your values can help avoid holiday burnout.

While the CDC recently announced that U.S. suicide rates are at the highest levels since 1941, a University of Iowa expert says there’s reason to believe young people may be successfully reducing the stigma surrounding mental health issues.

Effective immediately, the Linn County Mental Health Access Center is now available 24/7 to take walk-ins for adults ages 18 and over who are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis.

For Chloe Cole (no relation to your friendly neighborhood opinion columnist,) the puberty process wasn’t a normal function of adolescence. …

Kennedy High graduate Wilsee Kollie organizing the Saturday event as a fellow of new Our Future Iowa program.

Frances Haugen, in a keynote address at The Gazette’s Iowa Ideas conference, said Big Tech is failing in its obligations to society.

Social service professionals across Iowa work to address human needs in various ways, and the intersection between their sectors is significant. Food insecurity can be related to transportation, which can be related to work — and so on.