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www.surgeongeneral.gov
On Thursday, Nov. 17, the U.S. Surgeon General released "Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General's Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health." This will mark the first report dedicated to substance misuse and related disorders. The report addresses alcohol, illicit drugs and prescription drug misuse, with chapters dedicated to neurobiology, prevention, treatment, recovery, health systems integration and recommendations for the future. To read the report, click here.
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American Psychological Association
Experts' ability to predict if someone will attempt to take his or her own life is no better than chance and has not significantly improved over the last 50 years, according to a comprehensive review of suicide research published by the American Psychological Association. "Suicidal thoughts and behaviors are among the most common, deadly and potentially preventable public health problems. Despite major advances in medical and psychological science, the devastating impact of this problem has remained constant for at least several decades," said Joseph Franklin, Ph.D., of Harvard University, lead author on the study, which appeared in the journal Psychological Bulletin.
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National Alliance on Mental Illness
With the passage of the federal parity law, along with the Affordable Care Act and the decision by 32 states (including the District of Columbia) to expand Medicaid, Americans should have better access to mental healthcare than at any time in history. Yet, people with mental health conditions who have insurance still struggle to find providers and services in their networks.
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InsideCounsel
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, approximately 2 million employees are victims of workplace violence each year. Eighteen percent of violent crimes are committed at the workplace, and roughly 800 workplace homicides occur each year.
Between January 2009 and July 2015, there were 133 mass shootings in the workplace and shootings account for 78 percent of all workplace homicides. Violence in the workplace must be a top concern for employers, as no organization is immune from workplace violence and no organization can completely prevent it.
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DOL.gov
Set out in this article are frequently asked questions regarding implementation of the market reform provisions of the Affordable Care Act and the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, as amended by the Affordable Care Act.
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Northern Nevada Business Weekly
If Nevada's business owners and managers weren't busy enough with budget and strategic plans at this time of year, they now have less than six weeks to get ready for the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state. The use of the description "recreational marijuana" may prove to be misleading for most businesses. What happens during employees' recreational hours has a proven history of spilling into their working hours as well.
As employers prepare for the new world of recreational marijuana in Nevada, they need to remember that the laws remain very confusing.
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The New York Times
Suicide surpasses homicide in this country. Every 13 minutes someone in the United States dies by his own hand, making suicide the nation’s 10th leading cause of death over all (42,773 deaths in 2015), but second among those aged 15 to 34. Among children aged 10 to 14, the suicide rate has caught up to the death rate from traffic accidents.
Many times that number — more than a million adults and 8 percent of high school students — attempt suicide each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet a woeful minority receive the kind of treatment and attention needed to keep them from repeating a suicide attempt.
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NPR
In mid-August, an affable, 40-year-old man from Everett, Massachusetts, overdosed at his mom's home after almost 25 years of heroin use. Joe Salemi had overdosed before, but this time couldn't be revived. Salemi's brother, Anthony, says he was pretty sure when his brother died that there must have been something besides heroin in the syringe. The medical examiner later confirmed it. "I knew, deep in my mind, it was going to be the stuff that everyone's talking about now – fentanyl," Anthony says. "Because I never thought straight heroin would kill him."
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