Description: In a culture that can be diet focused and hold biases on food, weight, and exercise, it can be easy to ignore eating disorders. This week, Life Support speaks with Lyn McArthur about eating disorders, what the signs may be, and how to effectively help and treat those with eating disorders in this first part of 2. Come back in 2 weeks for part 2 of this important conversation.
This Episode of Life Support was made possible through funding provided by the CDC National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant, which is managed by the Health Disparities Team in the Bureau of Equity and Strategic Partnership – a bureau in the Division of Public Health of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Author(s): Lyn McArthur, Rachel Blanton
Title: What to Know About Eating Disorders (Lyn McArthur)
Description: Staying safe online is becoming an increasingly hot topic with every advancement we see in technology. This week, Life Support sat down with C-WHO’s Social Media Manager to go over tips and tricks for staying safe online, current lawsuits against social platforms, and how social media can have an impact on mental health.
Guests: Rachael Mayer Hosts: Rachel Blanton, Jen Clark Music and Editing: Anthony Leon. This Episode of Life Support was made possible through funding provided by the CDC National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant, which is managed by the Health Disparities Team in the Bureau of Equity and Strategic Partnership – a bureau in the Division of Public Health of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Author(s): Rachael Mayer, Rachel Blanton, Jen Clark
Description: Youth mental health is a hot topic in the news right now, especially with the effects of the pandemic still impacting children and those in schools. This week on Life Support, we spoke with Amy Walters and Maria Torres about significant issues people should be aware of, how mental health care for children differs from that of adults, and how parents and schools can better support children facing mental health challenges.
Guests: Amy Walters and Maria Torres. Hosts: Rachel Blanton and Jen Clark Music and Editing: Anthony Leon. This Episode of Life Support was made possible through funding provided by the CDC National Initiative to Address COVID-19 Health Disparities Grant, which is managed by the Health Disparities Team in the Bureau of Equity and Strategic Partnership – a bureau in the Division of Public Health of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
Author(s): Amy Walters, Maria Torres, Rachel Blanton, Jenn Clark.
Title: Resources – Youth Mental Health and How Families Can Support it.
Description: Introducing a new co-host, Jen Clark. Jen Clark and Rachel Blanton have a conversation with Amy Walters, PhD, about her start working with diabetes, the importance of clinical psychologists when working with chronic disease patients, and the negative impacts a chronic disease can have on mental health and how to cope with that. The health of a person can tie in and play with your mental health, giving us another reason to have a clinical psychologist.
Host – Rachel Blanton
Host – Jen Clark
Guest – Amy Walters
Music & Editing – Anthony Leon
Author(s): C-WHO; Amy Walters.
Title: Life Support: Amy Walters. Episode 5. The Role of a Clinician Psychologist in Primary Care.
Description: Virtual Presentation by Karen Boretsky, MD. & Sam Riega, MBA, RN. Objectives: Understand the problem of surgery as a gateway to persistent opioid use; Discuss why adolescents & young adults are uniquely susceptible to OUD; Discuss opioid sparing alternatives to opioid monotherapy; Discuss how adolescent brain development contributes to addictive vulnerability; Discuss illicit drug use in Grades 8 through 12; Discuss persistent use of opioids in pediatric patients following surgery.
Author(s): Karen Boretsky, Sam Riega
Title: Adolescents and Young Adults: Uniquely Susceptible to OUD. Part Four.
Series Title: Closing the Door on Surgery as a Gateway to Persistent Use of Opioids
