Topic in Focus: Mental Health

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Practice transformation efforts to reduce burnout
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6 reasons to join the AMA
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Carol Rao, ScD, looks at pandemic's impact on public health workers [Podcast]

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to podcast updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the mental health impact on public health workforce.

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AMA Update Podcast
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Carol Rao, ScD, looks at pandemic's impact on public health workers

The AMA is leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. See video updates on how the AMA is fighting COVID-19 by discussing the mental health impact on public health workforce.

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Physician Health
AMA Update
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Black & LGBTQ+: At the intersection of race, sexual orientation & identity

On June 24, 2021, the Advisory Committee on LGBTQ Issues and Minority Affairs Section held a webinar featuring on the health and well-being of Americans who identify as Black and LGBTQ+.

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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.

Population Health
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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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