Mental Health

Trident Medical Center opened a new 15-bed unit for patients ages 12 to 17 in its Live Oak Mental Health and Wellness building, according to an Aug. 6 report from WCSC.

California's Riverside County fulfilled 13 medical and mental healthcare requirements for jail inmates, resulting in exemption from court and prison law office monitoring, according to an Aug. 6 report from Sierra Sun Times.

Here are six signs the extreme heat could be affecting your mental health and point to summertime seasonal affective disorder, according to an Aug. 5 report from CNBC:

Here are the leading personal concerns affecting youth mental health, according to data from Blue Shield of California and the Harris Poll, which surveyed 1,368 Americans between the ages of 14 and 25:

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, based in New York City, received a $11.5 million grant renewal to research how psychosocial stress impacts cardiovascular health.

A licensed therapist in Philadelphia has created a new therapy unit on wheels to drive behavioral health services to underserved communities, according to a July 31 report from ABC 6.

Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Mo., has launched a $150 million initiative to address the youth mental health crisis in the city, Kansas City Magazine reported Aug. 1.

A mental health program in Los Angeles focused on providing care to individuals in vulnerable or crisis situations closed, after only using half of its $30 million in grant money, according to a July 31 report from the Los Angeles…

One in 2 people will develop a mental disorder in their lifetime, according to new research from Brisbane, Australia-based University of Queensland and Boston-based Harvard Medical School.

One in 5 women experience a perinatal mental health condition such as depression or anxiety, while over 50 percent of pregnant women with depression go untreated.