Missouri Psychiatric Physicians Association

06/23/2022

https://www.thetrevorproject.org

The Trevor Project provides 24/7 crisis support services to LGBTQ young people. Text, chat, or call anytime to reach a trained counselor. Free and confidential.

06/23/2022

VHA LGBTQ+ Health Program Resources

Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.

06/23/2022

https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/youth-resources.htm

Resources for LGBT youth as well as friends, family, and school administrators to support LGBT youth.

06/16/2022

https://www.apa.org/about/policy/sexual-orientation

The American Psychological Association concludes that there is insufficient evidence to support the use of psychological interventions to change sexual orientation.

05/24/2022

VA has developed a brief questionnaire to help Veterans identify possible signs or symptoms of a substance use disorder. Your results will be completely confidential, and the results will not be stored or sent anywhere — this self-assessment is simply to help you. You will have the option to print a copy of the results, either for your own records or to share with your physician or a mental health professional. If you think you may be showing symptoms of SUD, consider taking VA's brief, anonymous questionnaire.

Registered users can complete the substance abuse screening questionnaire to better understand their relationship with alcohol, to***co products and other drugs.

05/18/2022

05/13/2022

https://www.research.va.gov/currents/0522-Self-reliance-may-affect-acceptance-of-mental-health-treatment-in-Veterans.cfm

Veterans with anxiety or depression were less likely to use mental health care if they also had high levels of grit, found a VA study.

05/09/2022

VA Clinical Guidelines for Veterans - Assessment and Management of Patients at Risk for Su***de

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05/06/2022

For May, we will be sharing helpful clinical information and resources for veteran mental health.

PTSD is a common struggle for our veterans and the VA has compiled a portal of available resources for PTSD through the VA health system (linked below).

Apply for and manage the VA benefits and services you’ve earned as a Veteran, Servicemember, or family member—like health care, disability, education, and more.

04/29/2022

The Missouri Psychiatric Physicians Association (MPPA) advocates for mental health patients, fights to protect the profession, ensures the advance treatment of mental illnesses and makes sure accessible care is available to all patients.

If you are a resident or practicing psychiatrist in Missouri, consider joining this branch of the APA and learn how to get involved by visiting

The Missouri Psychiatric Physicians Association (MPPA) advocates for mental health patients, fights to protect the profession, ensures the advance treatment of mental illnesses and makes sure accessible care is available to all patients.

04/26/2022

“Denim Day is a campaign on a Wednesday in April in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The campaign began after a ruling by the Italian Supreme Court where a r**e conviction was overturned because the justices felt that since the victim was wearing tight jeans she must have helped the person who r**ed her remove her jeans, thereby implying consent. The following day, the women in the Italian Parliament came to work wearing jeans in solidarity with the victim. Peace Over Violence developed the Denim Day campaign in response to this case and the activism surrounding it. Since then, what started as a local campaign to bring awareness to victim blaming and destructive myths that surround sexual violence has grown into a movement. As the longest running sexual violence prevention and education campaign in history, Denim Day asks community members, elected officials, businesses and students to make a social statement with their fashion statement by wearing jeans on this day as a visible means of protest against the misconceptions that surround sexual violence.

Denim Day 2022 is April 27th!”

Denim Day is a response to erroneous and destructive attitudes about sexual harassment, abuse, assault and r**e. We ask community members, elected officials, businesses and students to make a social statement with their fashion statement and wear jeans with a purpose.

04/22/2022

“Dating Matters®: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships is a comprehensive teen dating violence prevention model developed by CDC to stop teen dating violence before it starts. Dating Matters is an evidence-based teen dating violence prevention model that includes prevention strategies for individuals, peers, families, schools, and neighborhoods. It focuses on teaching 11-14 year olds healthy relationship skills before they start dating and reducing behaviors that increase the risk for dating violence, like substance abuse and sexual risk-taking.”

Dating Matters is a free, accredited, online course about teen dating violence for educators, school personnel, and others working to improve the health of teens. It features interviews with leading experts, dynamic graphics and interactive exercises, and compelling storytelling to describe what tee...