Rowen Burnett, M.S., PLPC

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day and fuck Christopher Columbus :3

Fuck Christopher Columbus

Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.

Congratulations!!

your official permission slip for the weekend: fun counts as self-care

not "productive relaxation"

not "optimizing downtime"

just actual pointless delightful fun

authorized by Seshio Cat 🐾

what's your weekend fun?

This National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I will keep working to ensure survivors have the support they need and know they are not alone.

If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.

Ability to Practice Across State Lines Now a Reality for Thousands of Professional Counselors The American Counseling Association (ACA) today celebrates the launch of the long-awaited Counseling Compact, which allows licensed professional counselors to practice across state lines.

A great step forward for the counseling profession!

www.counseling.org/publications...

Daily Reminder:
It's ok to be weak, it's ok to be wrong, it's ok to have regret. We all need help from time to time. Normalize mental health

#NormalizeMentalHealth

New York City Sues Social Media Giants Over Addictive Features Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., ByteDance Inc., and Google LLC all deliberately designed social media products to be addictive to adolescents and created a youth mental health crisis that is straining city resources, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the City of New York.

Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., ByteDance Inc., and Google LLC all deliberately designed social media products to be addictive to adolescents and created a youth mental health crisis that is straining city resources, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the City of New York.

Drug rehab is cheaper than incarceration

Mental health treatment is cheaper than emergency rooms

After school programs are cheaper than jails

Livable wages are cheaper than the net costs of poverty

It's not about liberal policies or conservative policies it's about smart policies.

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Two psychiatry organizations have released statements saying that the actions of the RFK Jr have increased stigma, instilled fear and hurt access to mental health and addiction care.

Adolescents Facing Challenges Often Start Smoking, Highlighting the Need for Enhanced Cessation Support A groundbreaking new study emerging from the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey has revealed critical insights into the intersection of mental health and tobacco use among adolescents. Conducted by researchers at the University of California, Davis, this study shines a spotlight on the significant psychological distress reported by nearly half of surveyed middle and high school students and elucidates the contrasting inadequacies in healthcare professionals’ responses to this vulnerable group.

Adolescents Facing Challenges Often Start Smoking, Highlighting the Need for Enhanced Cessation Support

A groundbreaking new study emerging from the 2022 National Youth Tobacco Survey has revealed critical insights into the intersection of mental health and tobacco use among adolescents. Conducted…

Are houseless people in urgent need of psychiatric treatment or are they in urgent need of, say, HOUSING? There is no level of adequate mental health care that can be given to someone who is houseless that will change the structural conditions of their houselessness. Safe shelter is a baseline, a foundation, for any remotely useful psychiatric care.

Conservatives have much better self-reported mental health but if you ask about “mood” instead the gap vanishes which raises the question of whether we’re just seeing a gap in comfort with mental health talk.

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

“Mental health” differences disappear when you ask about “mood” bc conservatives don’t want to use the words “mental health.”

here are some helpful steps for academics who are considering creating genAI images to use for lab branding:

1. don't

MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet

UK medicine regulator confirms there is no evidence paracetamol causes autism in children www.gov.uk/government/n...

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Occurrence and overlap of physical and mental health conditions in autistic adults

Modeling and predicting mood instability in a longitudinal cohort of bipolar disorder Nature Mental Health - Sperry et al. used machine learning approaches to investigate profiles of mood instability and create a prediction model for clinical and functioning outcomes using data from...

Check out the final paper from my @bbrfoundation.bsky.social Young Investigator Award, now published in Nature Mental Health!

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There's a reason they chose this spot: it's in rural North Louisiana, one of the poorest places in the country, a place national media barely knows exists, a place with essentially no local journalism, where people and resources can be exploited (and lied to) with no consequence

Yes, more people are getting diagnosed

This is what happens when there’s better awareness and better understanding that autism can be many different things e.g. not just white boys who like trains!

There aren’t more autistic people. There are just more *identified* autistic people

Feeling accepted versus tolerated | BPS A recent study finds that embracing differences, rather than being ‘identity-blind’, leaves LGBT+ people feeling more truly accepted in the workplace.

What does it take for LGBT+ people to feel accepted, rather than just tolerated, at work?

A recent study suggests that embracing differences, rather than emphasising being ‘identity-blind’, may be the best approach: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

There is limited research on why people with severe mental illness find it difficult to access sexual and reproductive services.

There is limited research on why people with severe mental illness find it difficult to access sexual and reproductive services.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

90% of testing for HIV and hepatitis B and C occurs in mental health inpatient settings, leaving those not admitted largely untested.

90% of testing for HIV and hepatitis B and C occurs in mental health inpatient settings, leaving those not admitted largely untested.

journals.plos.org/mentalhealth...

🔍 What has previous research on sexual health shown?

New study finds HIV diagnosis often missing in mental health records: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/hiv-dia...
#SexualHealthWeek

Trauma under psychedelics: how psychoactive substances impact trauma processing Click on the article title to read more.

Just published in World Psychiatry our study "Trauma under psychedelics: how psychoactive substances impact trauma processing" . Amazing work led by @ophirnetzer.bsky.social with the brave survivors of the Nova festival attack. Huge team effort, thx to all!
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Shaping a Better Future for Young People with Eating Disorders. Get your ticket for the EDIFY conference now! estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-...