Mental Health

Anxiety and depression increased among LGBTQ+ youth over a two-year period, even as rates of self-harm and suicide attempts declined, according to findings published Oct. 20 by The Trevor Project. The findings come from Project SPARK, an ongoing longitudinal study…

States that legalized online sports betting saw increases in antidepressant and anti-anxiety medication use, along with outpatient diagnoses of depression and anxiety, a study published Oct. 14 in JAMA Psychiatry found. Researchers at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of…

Physician burnout continues to decline nationwide, but hospitals and health systems are taking different approaches to addressing workplace stress, including changes to physician surveys, board oversight and clinician leadership training, according to a American Hospital Assocation report. The American Medical…

Mental health ghost networks reach well beyond public insurance programs. Directory errors affected 55.6% of evaluable secret shopper calls to psychiatrists and psychologists listed by the largest commercial carrier in each of five states, according to a study published Oct.…

Frequent mental distress among young U.S. adults declined for the second consecutive year in 2024, though prevalence remained significantly higher than in 2012, according to the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Oct. 8.  The findings were based on…

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline has brought back specialized crisis support for LGBTQ+ youth through its “Press 3” option, with the service available again starting Sept. 30, the Los Angeles Times reported Oct. 1. Launched in 2022 in partnership…

Suicide became the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2024, up from No. 11 in 2023, according to final mortality data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Suicide deaths fell 1% over the same period, from…

The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded $111.9 million to 191 community organizations to support suicide prevention services for veterans nationwide. The grants are part of the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, with funding becoming available at…

The Children’s Hospital Association, Speak Our Minds, Children’s Healthcare Canada and Children’s Hospital Alliance UK launched an international effort aimed at improving how pediatric health systems identify and support children and adolescents at risk of suicide. The Global Preventing Youth…

More than 100 national, state and local organizations have joined the National Maternal Mental Health Accelerator, an initiative launched by the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health to address gaps in maternal mental healthcare. The initiative, which launched Sept. 29,…