OpenAI released MentalHealthBench, an open benchmark that measures how AI systems respond in realistic mental health conversations, on Sept. 23. The company built the benchmark with more than 80 licensed psychologists and psychiatrists from 22 countries. The cohort speaks 19…
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The CDC released new data Sept. 21 showing improvements in several mental health, suicide risk and dietary indicators among U.S. high school students from 2023 to 2025. The findings are included in the CDC’s Youth Health in Focus report, which…
The Labor Department is narrowing its enforcement focus on health plans’ compliance with federal mental health parity requirements, prioritizing three areas it considers highest-risk for participants while easing enforcement of newer requirements tied to ongoing litigation. The department’s Employee Benefits…
The VA Office of Inspector General identified deficiencies in acute inpatient mental healthcare at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans’ Hospital, part of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio. The findings ranged from gaps in medication…
In 2019, a social worker at Kansas City, Mo.-based Children’s Mercy came off a 14-hour shift and left behind a note at 3 a.m.: “Five kids with nowhere to go because of mental health needs. Can Children’s Mercy do something?” …
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A 13-item Mental Wellness Tool detected common or severe mental disorders, substance use disorders and suicide risk among patients receiving psychiatric emergency department care at a New York City hospital, according to a Sept. 17 Medscape report. Existing mental health…
Suicide-related emergency department visits among children increased 74% from 2016 to 2022, according to a study published Sept. 3 in Annals of Emergency Medicine. The study represented more than 5 million pediatric mental health ED visits in the U.S. Here…
GLP-1 prescribing increased faster among adults with serious mental illness than among those without serious mental illness from 2018 to 2024, according to a Sept. 2 study published in JAMA Psychiatry. Here are five things to know:
Americans are more likely to say AI chatbots hurt rather than help people who use them for support with loneliness, depression or stress, according to an Aug. 25 Pew Research Center report. The center surveyed 3,488 U.S. adults from June…
Talkspace is using AI across its clinical workflow and patient-facing services, including through Tee, its AI-powered mental health guide, according to an Aug. 18 CO— by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce report. The digital mental health platform provides access to…