Mental Health

The Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro approved new policies that provide sailors with a more confidential process when accessing mental health services, according to a July 11 report from USNI News.

Childhaven and the Washington Association for Infant Mental Health have merged to launch a center for workforce development in infant and early childhood mental health.

The American Hospital Association is among the organizations and foundations that make up the Mental Health Liaison Group, which expressed support for the Helping Kids Cope Act in a June 29 letter to the bill's sponsors.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has partnered with behavioral health infrastructure company NeuroFlow to expand mental health services for Novant Health's patients.

The Southwest Rural Health Research Center has identified mental health concerns and addiction as the first and second most important priorities for rural health stakeholders, according to a May 2023 policy brief. 

A pilot program that sends mental health professionals to respond to mental health and substance-related crises with law enforcement is launching in Worcester, Mass., according to a July 5 report from MassLive.

Here are the 10 most stressed cities in the United States, according to personal finance website WalletHub.

Here are the 10 least stressed cities in the United States based on work stress, financial stress, family stress and health and safety stress, according to a July 10 report from WalletHub:

The Washington Department of Social and Health Services has been fined $100 million by a federal judge for breaching a settlement agreement that set time frames for people in jail to receive behavioral health services at state facilities, The Seattle…

Here are the 50 states and the District of Columbia ranked by access to mental healthcare, according to the "2022 State of Mental Health in America" report from Mental Health America: