Suicide Prevention Strategies in Tribal Nations
Thursday, September 10, is World Suicide Prevention Day – or as the National Council of Urban Indian Health celebrates it, Hope for Life Day. And that hope is very much needed, because Indigenous people in the United States die by suicide at higher rates than any other racial or ethnic group, according to the Centers for Disease Control […]
Solving the Behavioral Health Crisis in EDs
Consider your typical ED for a moment. Chances are, it’s rushed, urgent, and a little chaotic. If it’s operating in a rural or Tribal community, you can add another trait to the list: staff shortages. Precisely, behavioral health shortages – which directly impact patient and staff safety. But there’s a middle road that is transforming […]
Announcing Tribal Health’s Telepsychiatry Services
If there’s one thing that underserved communities and tier-one hospitals have in common, it’s the behavioral health provider shortage. Yes, it’s true – even major health systems can struggle to find psychiatrists, social workers, therapists, and psych nurses to cover needs like ED consults or inpatient psychiatric services. So you can probably imagine how much […]
Observing Orange Shirt Day
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – colloquially known as Orange Shirt Day. It began in Canada but now we observe it in the U.S. too: a day to recognize the atrocities of the residential school system that devastated so many Indigenous communities. The U.S. government ran their boarding school program […]