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Weekly Wrap-Up
March 5, 2021
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Mental Health Resources for Farmers and Their Employees
The COVID pandemic has taken a significant role in the mental health of farmers and farmworkers. One challenge unique to rural communities is a lack of local resources and places to go to get help. To address this challenge, the American Farm Bureau has compiled resources on a website, www.FarmStateofMind.org
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Farm Aid Resource Guide for Farm Crisis Support
Farm life isn't easy. Nature's whims, costly repairs, injuries and other unpleasant surprises can upend even the most careful business plan, leaving farms in physical and financial disarray and placing substantial pressure on mental and emotional wellbeing. Farm Aid offers resources for farmers during the toughest times.
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Teachers Need Mental Health Support During COVID-19
Amid all the concern about how students and parents have adopted to COVID-19, teachers say their work-life balance and mental health have suffered too, as they try to meet unrealistic expectations.
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50 Resources to Support the Mental
Health of Teachers and School Staff
To support the mental health of teachers and school staff, Teach.com has researched and collected helpful apps recommended by support organizations for teachers, articles focusing on their mental wellbeing and other resources written, created and produced by educators or mental health experts, agencies and organizations for educators and school staff.
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Association of Psychiatric Disorders With Mortality Among Patients With COVID-19
A diagnosis of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder may be a risk factor for mortality in patients with COVID-19.
In this cohort study of 7348 adults with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in a New York health system, a schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis was associated with an increased risk of death after adjusting for demographic and medical risk factors. Mood and anxiety disorders were not associated with increased risk of mortality.
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Mental Health Policy & Advocacy Survey
Young Invincibles is a policy and advocacy organization that was founded by young adults, for young adults, in 2009. Since 2009, Young Invincibles has brought the voices of young people to conversations happening about policy both nationally and on a state level.
Young Invincibles has partnered with Active Minds and the Well Being Trust (WBT) to learn more about interest from young adults in getting involved in local, state, and federal policy advocacy related to mental health initiatives! Please answer the following questions by March 4th to help us create an advocacy and policy guide and training for young adults. Survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete.
Please reach out to cameron.vigil@younginvincibles.org if you have any questions. Survey respondents will be shared with additional (paid) opportunities to help inform the work!
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Thursday, March 11, 2021
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time
CoE Office Hour - Rural Health Challenges During COVID-19
Rural America's short supply of mental and behavioral health providers grows even thinner as the need for services rise amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Rural health providers are doing all they can to reach those most in need in their communities, but the health disparities experienced by the 20% of rural Americans have only been amplified. Please join us for our Office Hour session on Thursday, March 11th, from 2:00pm - 3:00pm ET to share your experiences and challenges with us in an open discussion with other rural health providers and experts. In this session, our panelists will share strategies they've used to provide culturally competent and equitable services in under-resourced areas through tele-health and mobile health innovations. We also hope to learn more about your community's needs and opportunities, so please join us to have your voice heard!
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Friday, March 12, 2021 8:00 a.m. to
Saturday, March 13, 2021 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time
South Asian Mental Health Conference
The 5th Annual South Asian Mental Health Conference will be a 2-day virtual event bringing together students, professionals and community.
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Thursday, March 18, 2021
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time
Annual MHSOAC Data Forum:
Transforming Access to Mental Health Data
In the coming months, the Commission will expand its available data visualizations with five new dashboards on suicide incidence and rate, data quality, FSP child indicators, and FSP discontinuation reasons. Additionally, we will be releasing a data story to accompany our previously released dashboard on criminal justice outcomes.
We first want to hear input from individuals like you to understand how you want to use this information in your work. Your help is critical in reimagining how the Commission can support public awareness and understanding of mental health outcomes, priorities, programs, and services across our state. Help us understand what you and/or your stakeholders need to know or want to learn about California mental health data and how the Commission can best provide access to this information.
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