By Danielle Roeske, PsyD, Vice President of Residential Services, Newport Healthcare It starts creeping up on us in early August — a sense of discomfort bordering on dread, a coldness in the pit of your stomach despite the heat. For both parents and kids, back-to-school anxiety is familiar and age-old; it’s built into the experience of…
When is the best time to access care for mental health challenges? There’s a simple answer to that question: as soon as possible, because the longer a mental health issue remains untreated, the more serious it can become. That said, for teens, young adults, and families who have been considering treatment, summer is often the…
Suicide is a leading cause of death among children and adults, but spotting risk factors and warning signs isn’t easy. Newport’s Michael Roeske, PsyD, describes the most common behavioral, verbal and emotional signs and risk factors you should pay attention to.
On July 16, 2022, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number transitions to just three digits: 988. As youth suicide rates continue to increase, the goal of the new 988 hotline is to make help more easily accessible in a moment of crisis. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in the United States among ages 15–24.…
A Q&A with Najah Dail, LPC, LCPC, Director of Outpatient Services, Newport Healthcare By 2044, people from racial minority communities will represent more than half of the US population, according to census data. Yet currently only 17 percent of psychologists in the country are from minority groups, and many practicing clinicians lack the skills and…
Once considered a focused style of treatment for a small subset of patients, trauma-informed care (TIC) is now a critical component of mental healthcare for a wide range of conditions. Due to the high rates of trauma exposure within the general US population, this approach is becoming widespread within both inpatient and outpatient settings, for…
A Q&A with Michael Roeske, PsyD, Senior Director of Newport Healthcare’s Center for Research and Innovation As a child, Michael Roeske was passionate about math. “I felt that there were patterns to be found everywhere, that everything could be measured and worked through equations, and therefore it was vitally important to study, understand, and apply…
