Mental Health Archive — Page 6 of 13

New executive director of Vanderbilt Health and Wellness Lori Rolando, MD, MPH, left, with Mary Yarbrough, MD, MPH, who had served as executive director of the program since 1994.
March 20, 2023

Rolando transitions to lead Health and Wellness

By Wayne Wood
Infographic titled “Firearms & School Safety” from the Vanderbilt Tennessee Child Health Poll. It lists the percentages of Tennessee parents who believe schools are safer under 12 measures, ranging from 83.1% for having school resource officers to 35.9% for arming teachers, with a school hallway illustration in the background.
March 9, 2023

Majority of Tennessee parents agree on several school firearm safety measures: poll

A new Vanderbilt poll finds that a majority of Tennessee parents agree on several firearm-related school safety measures.

By Jake Lowary
Infographic titled “Child Insurance & Health,” featuring a child dressed as a doctor, a line chart showing parent-reported child uninsured rates from 2019 to 2022, and text stating rates returned to pre-pandemic levels while overall well-being declined from 87.1% in 2019 to 81.6% in 2022. Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy branding appears at the bottom.
February 23, 2023

Poll finds rates of uninsured children back to pre-pandemic level

The latest analysis of the annual Vanderbilt Child Health Poll of Tennessee parents shows the rate of uninsured children in the state has returned to prepandemic levels.

By Jake Lowary
Infographic titled “Vaccines & Trust” from the Vanderbilt Tennessee Child Health Poll. It shows a smiling child receiving a vaccination and a healthcare provider, with findings that two in three parents say vaccines protect their children and others, while 64% report their child’s health care provider as their most trusted vaccine-information source, a 20% increase from 2021.
February 8, 2023

Vanderbilt poll finds Tennessee parents trust their children’s health care providers the most for information about vaccines

A recent Vanderbilt poll found parents across the state reporting their children’s health care providers as the most trusted source for information about vaccines.

By Jake Lowary
Infographic titled “Top 5 concerns for parents in TN,” listing education and school quality; child mental health and suicide; bullying and cyberbullying; school gun violence; and drug and alcohol use. It includes a photo of a smiling child holding up five fingers and Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy branding.
January 25, 2023

Vanderbilt Child Health poll: majority of Tennessee parents worried about school quality, mental health

A new poll of Tennessee parents from the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy found that most Tennessee parents placed school quality and child mental health at the top of their list of concerns for their children.

By Jake Lowary
Stylized side-profile illustration of a human head with the skull rendered translucent to reveal a network resembling brain blood vessels, dissolving into particles against a peach background.
January 6, 2023

Early effects of Huntington disease

Impairments in brain executive function happen earlier than motor symptoms in people with the gene mutation that causes Huntington disease, suggesting younger ages and cognitive symptoms be considered for any future clinical trials.

By Kelsey Pinckard