Topic in Focus: Mental Health

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AMA announces update to guidance for permanent impairment ratings

New stakeholder-driven editorial process produces first content enhancements to AMA Guides Sixth Edition.

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Health literacy resources on inequities & for non-English speakers

Find actions and tools that can be used to advance health equity and disrupt inequities in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Offering integrated behavioral health care via telehealth a win-win

Physician practices share how they are incorporating virtual care to help reach more patients and get them the mental health care they need.

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Want to improve children’s mental health? Integrate care

As behavioral health care needs explode, physician experts detail how integrated care can help you more wholly care for children and adolescent patients.

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Highlights from the June 2021 AMA Special Meeting

Catch up with the news and other key moments from the AMA House of Delegates' virtual meeting, which ran June 11¬16.
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Physicians demand action on suicide crisis in teens, young adults

Teen mental health ED visits rose 31% in 2020 amid alarming longer-term trends on suicide. Delegates seek tools to help physicians save lives.

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AMA adopts policy to address increases in youth suicide and save lives

New policy calls out escalating crisis in children and adolescent mental health in wake of COVID-19 pandemic.

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AMA adopts new policy to better diagnose and treat long-haul COVID-19

New policy calls for the AMA to advocate for legislation to provide funding for research, prevention, control, and treatment of post viral syndromes.

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AMA to urge expanded definition of harm to include emotional, mental distress

Currently, physicians must release health information even when they believe that doing so would emotionally, psychologically harm a teen patient.

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