AHA’s chief nursing officer and chief physician executive encourage hospitals and health systems to ensure the questions asked on licensing, credentialing and other applications don’t perpetuate stigma or deter team members from seeking behavioral health services when needed. READ MORE

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Behavioral health is healthcare, and hospitals and health systems are working to ensure we provide holistic care for our patients, their families and our team…
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 The AHA has won two Telly Awards for its three-part video series, Voices of Leadership: Breaking Mental Health Stigma. The Telly Awards, a global…
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Duke University School of Medicine’s Jonathan Posner, M.D., professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and Matthew Engelhard, M.D., Ph.D., assistant…
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Elinore Kaufman, M.D., medical director of the Penn Trauma Violence Recovery Program, and Michele Volpe, chief operating officer of the University of…
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Behavioral health is a crucial component of overall health and well-being, and we see the need and demand for behavioral health care services increasing for…
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The White House May 4 released its National Drug Control Strategy, which, among other efforts, recommends effective primary prevention programs. The…