Palm Beach County Woman Prepares to Swim 28 Miles to Highlight Mental Health

Palm Beach County woman prepares to swim 28 miles to highlight mental health

Twenty-eight miles may sound like a long swim, but a local woman is looking to achieve it for a good cause: mental health awareness.Her name is Tori Lackey and growing up, she heard the saying: "In the water, you can either sink or swim." Palm Beach County woman prepares to swim 28 miles to highlight mental health"I haven't thought about sinking in a long time, but I do have the phrase sent to me, and I say it in my head as I'm swimming long dis…

Colorado Medicaid to pay for collaborative work to bring mental health into primary care

Colorado’s Medicaid program will start paying for the behind-the-scenes work of treating people with mental health conditions and addictions in their primary care offices, which providers hope will lead to more patients getting the help they need. The collaborative care model involves mental health professionals working in primary care clinics, with psychiatrists available to consult about patients’ needs, possibly via telehealth. The federal go…

'Do we need to ask if our primary care nurses are feeling OK?'

Andrew Finney, Angela Clifford and Marie Doherty from Keele University on the importance of maintaining the health and wellbeing of the workforce.