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How can we leverage technology for better suicide prevention?

Technology is a critical tool that needs to be further developed to help save lives. Learn more from the AMA about how that could help.

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Dec. 20, 2019: State Advocacy Update

Walmart EPCS delay, new tool from AMA, APA and ASAM and more in the AMA's latest state and local advocacy efforts.

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The pioneers of zero suicide take on a new frontier

After dramatically reducing suicide among patients with depression, Henry Ford Medical Group is target-ing the stalemate that stifles evidence-based action on gun violence

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AMA in the News: August 2019

Read media highlights mentioning the American Medical Association for August 2019.

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AMA in the News
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6 lifestyle changes patients with obesity, prediabetes should make

Lifestyle changes can help patients with obesity and prediabetes. Here are some changes patients can make to reverse prediabetes.

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Physicians take steps against opioid epidemic, mortality rises

AMA opioids report highlights limited effects of mandates to stem an epidemic underscoring the need for focus on removing barriers to evidence-based treatment.

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Doctors make progress on opioids, call on policymakers to do more 

Opioid prescriptions fell by 33% over five years, says 2019 AMA Opioid Task Force report. Next step: Eliminate barriers to evidence-based treatment. 

Behavioral Health
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AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations offer roadmap to policymakers

The AMA Opioid Task Force recommendations call on policymakers to eliminate barriers to treatment and to take additional steps to end the opioid epidemic.

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What it’s like to specialize in psychiatry: Shadowing Dr. Hart

Dionne Hart, MD, cannot describe what happens on a “typical day” in her life as a psychiatrist, but feels fortunate to work in a field where each day she has new challenges.

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