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For a 25-year-old recent college graduate, Alejandra Aschittino-Rodriguez is quite comfortable discussing grief and death.That's because at 17, she had her own brush with mortality and lived to tell about it. Just weeks after moving from Guatemala to Iowa to attend Grinnell College, she was clipped by a semitrailer truck while running near campus. Her knees badly bruised and head bleeding, she .
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During the last year, YouthZone experienced a significant need for intensive mental health and substance use counseling and support for our families in our communities. Substance-related referrals doubled, and parent consultations and education significantly increased.
From 2019 through 2020, YouthZone served 1,300 youth and families through counseling, coaching, parent education and restorative justice. Twelve percent of those referrals were substance-related issues. During COVID-19, our mental health report to present referrals rose 40% for substance-related issues. Intake assessments indicated a 6% increase in the high-risk category and a significant spike in areas of depression, anxiety and substance use.
This referral trend is on the rise for YouthZone and its program partners. The American Counseling Association has designated this mental health crisis as the next pandemic, with access as the biggest barrier.
DR. PAUL G. MEADE has been hired by Lovelace Medical Group. Meade is a board-certified colorectal surgeon who graduated with a bachelor’s of science degree in biology from Boston College. He earned his medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu. He then completed his fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at Creighton University Medical Center. Meade is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and member of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. he will provide surgical care for a wide range of colon conditions.