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Aetna, Community Care Put $1.2 into Mental Health Counseling Degree Program in West Virginia; UnitedHealth Group Partners with East Carolina University on Pediatric Mental Health · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  This is Randy Homan with Becker's Behavioral Health Podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news brief for February 15th,
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  first,
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  local divisions of Aetna Better Health and Community Care are investing a total
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  of 1.2 million to develop a new mental health counseling graduate
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  program at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon,
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  community care of West Virginia is offering a position to each student who
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  completes their degree after accreditation is approved.
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  West Virginia has the highest rate of illegal drug overdose deaths in the us.
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  The state also faces a significant shortage of mental healthcare providers.
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  Second,
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  the most recent C D C data shows the number of suicide deaths in the US
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  increased almost 5% in 2021.
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  The C D C collected the data from the multiple cause of death mortality files.
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  From the National Vital Statistics System for 2018 to 2021,
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  the rate of suicide among individuals ages 10 to 24 increased almost
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  3% suicide rates among individuals,
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  ages 25 to 44 increased by 5% the rate of
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  suicide among adults, ages 45 to 64,
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  decreased by over 12% for individuals above 65
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  change was minor. Third,
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  United Health Group partners with East Carolina University in Greenville,
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  North Carolina to expand the school's telepsychiatry program.
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  With a 3.2 million grant,
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  the three year partnership will increase and improve the North Carolina
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  statewide Telepsychiatry program.
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  This program is at the University Center for Telepsychiatry and also in six
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  community-based primary care clinics in underserved areas of the state
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  with the funds East Carolina and United Health have five goals related to
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  telepsychiatry AI collaboration, training opportunities,
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  and hosting a telehealth summit to review the project's successes.
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