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Diverse therapists provide understanding, accurate mental-health diagnoses for people of color — and more are needed: Coping Through COVID
CLEVELAND, Ohio — When licensed professional counselor Tamara Ferebee meets with her Black female clients, they talk Black girl to Black girl. There’s no need to explain why a Black person might feel anxious while driving, or how microaggressions in the workplace cause low self-esteem. They know what it’s like to open your social media …
Genetics Differences Explain Inconsistent Alzheimer’s Diagnoses
Currently used methods for detecting amyloid pathology in Alzheimer’s disease do not give unambiguous results, with the risk of incorrect or delayed care interventions. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found genetic explanations for the differences. The study is published in Molecular Psychiatry and may be important for more individual diagnostics and the development …
Health strike: Action could delay cancer diagnoses, trust claims
Image copyright PA Media Patients are facing a week of disruption, with more than 10,000 outpatient appointments and surgeries cancelled in Belfast. Some people referred by their GPs on suspicion of cancer could have their diagnosis delayed, the head of the Belfast Trust has said. The trust apologised, blaming industrial action on pay and staffing. …
