The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention endorsed President Joe Biden's new proposal that would enforce the requirement that private insurance companies offer the same level of coverage for mental health and physical health needs.
Author: Rosie Talaga
The 2023 State of Mental Health in America report ranks states based on 15 criteria to identify which states struggle most when looking at the prevalence of mental illness combined with issues of insurance coverage and access to treatment.
Pediatricians in the Chicago area are being offered a new training program to increase knowledge and confidence in diagnosing and treating mental health issues, according to a July 25 report from NBC5 Chicago.
Baptist Health's Wolfson Children's Hospital, based in Jacksonville, Fla., received a city permit to begin a $7.28 million interior renovation project that will almost double its number of inpatient beds, according to a July 25 report from Jacksonville Daily Record.
NYC Health + Hospitals' Peer Academy graduated 50 additional individuals with lived mental health or substance use experience who are now trained to become certified peer counselors.
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Patients who are in need of but do not receive mental health or substance use care are significantly more common than patients needing but not receiving physical healthcare, according to a patient experience survey published July 18 from NORC at…
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital and Acadia Healthcare have partnered to build a behavioral health hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa, investing more than $55 million to alleviate unmet behavioral health needs in the region.
Only about 4.1 percent of adults who have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are being treated with medication, according to a July 18 report from "PBS NewsHour."
June 2023 was the hottest month of June to ever be recorded, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
CMS approved California and Kentucky's requests for implementing community-based mobile crisis intervention teams to provide Medicaid-covered mental health and substance use crisis services, making a total of six states to adopt these crisis services.