Advances in College Mental Health

Topics: ADHD | adolescents | college mental health | COVID-19 | Suicide

TCPR: What are the most common psychiatric conditions in the college mental health setting? Dr. Riba: Anxiety and depression are the most common psychiatric conditions. It is very difficult to get timely psychiatric evaluations and evidence-based treatment. It has been especially difficult during the last two years during COVID, but telehealth has ce

Treating Pandemic-Associated Trauma in Children and Adolescents

Topics: COVID-19 | PTSD | ScreeninGeg | Suicidality | TFCBT | Trauma

CCPR: Tell us about your backgrounds. Dr. Steinberg: I’m the Associate Director of the National Center for Child Traumatic Stress at UCLA. Dr. Ahmadi: I’m Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA and Director of Family Trauma Distress at Olive View, and Dr. Steinberg and I worked together with colleagues to develop our UCLA Brief COVID-19 Screen

Under the Pandemic Influence

Topics: Addiction Treatment | COVID-19 | pandemic

Stay-at-home orders in many US states, which began in early 2020, have been associated with increased alcohol sales, particularly via online outlets. The World Health Organization issued a warning in April 2020 that alcohol use may potentially exacerbate poor health during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. How has the pandemic influenced

SAMHSA Relaxes Regulations on Methadone and Buprenorphine During COVID-19 Emergency

Topics: Buprenorphine | Coronavirus | COVID-19 | Methadone | Opioid epidemic | Opioid Use Disorder | Opioids | Outpatient | pandemic | Patient relationship

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has changed some prescribing rules to help minimize in-person contact while maintaining access to medications for opioid use disorder (OUD). Methadone Patients starting methadone continue to require an in-person medical evaluation at an opioid treatment program (OTP) prior to sta