Articles Tagged With: counseling
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Adolescents Know More About Abortion Restrictions than Most Expect
Adolescents are fully aware and concerned about how abortion restrictions can affect them, and most use the internet and social media for information on abortion, new research shows.
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Permanent Contraception Regret in the Modern Age
In this Canadian cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample of 844 patients who had undergone female sterilization, the prevalence of regret was 16%.
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Virginia Removing Barriers for HCWs to Seek Counseling
Virginia is going “all in” statewide with an effort to improve and protect the mental and emotional well-being of healthcare workers by removing invasive questions in licensing reviews so they can seek counseling without fear of stigma and job loss.
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Chaplains Distinctly Equipped to Address Moral Injury
When healthcare professionals experience moral injury, they experience spiritual and existential distress in the forms of self-doubt, guilt, frustration, anger, depression, and burnout. Collaborating with chaplains is crucial in supporting staff when they believe they have compromised their moral integrity.
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Equipping Clinicians with Appropriate Training on Firearms-Related Injuries
Several healthcare organizations believe it is time for healthcare professionals to do what they can on the prevention front to identify patients at risk, leverage those encounters to promote safety, and address access to firearms when that is a concern. Admitting there are knowledge gaps when it comes to firearms-related counseling, there are new efforts to shore up medical education in this area.
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Ethicists Challenged to Respond to Physicians’ Inappropriate Behavior
If a physician yells at a nurse or patient because of a disagreement over the treatment plan, involvement by human resources or another department is needed. But if a physician’s belligerence or disrespect affects someone’s decision-making, that is an ethical problem.
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Educational Sessions for Women with Opioid Use Disorder Improve Engagement
A Maine family planning clinic launched a program to reach women who experience barriers to reproductive healthcare, counseling, and testing for sexually transmitted infections. The program focused on outreach, sending an educator to various locations and providing an educational session for women who are especially vulnerable, including those who use opioids.
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Study: Risk Assessment for Contraceptives Is Influenced by Cultural Biases
Cultural assumptions create unbalanced risk assessment when the medical community weighs the risks and benefits of common contraceptive methods, the authors of a recent study concluded. Researchers studied contraception risks and assessed how these risks were prioritized in reproductive health providers’ understanding of contraceptives and their potential side effects.
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Study: IUD Counseling Can Appear Coercive
The results of a recent study revealed that providers might think they are promoting their young patients’ decision-making, but their focus on intrauterine devices and other long-acting reversible contraceptives can come across as coercive.
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College Case Managers Help Students Cope During Pandemic
College case managers work to help students navigate crises, traumas, and other problems that can affect their educational lives. But some have found the COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis that affects more students for longer than any previous emergencies they have helped students manage.