September marks National Recovery Month, which celebrates the more than 23 million Americans who are in recovery from mental health and substance use disorders.
Mental Health
A program that provides more accessible mental healthcare to rural communities received funding to expand across the entirety of the state of Illinois, according to an Aug. 30 report from wfiwradio.com.
Here are six surveys and studies on mental healthcare to know that Becker's reported on in July and August:
Yale University in New Haven, Conn., reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that alleged the university discriminated against students with mental health disabilities, NBC News reported Aug. 26.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board in North Carolina is joining the list of nearly 200 school districts that have sued the owners of major social media platforms for contributing to the youth "mental health crisis."
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Several health departments in metro Omaha, Neb., and over 3,500 community members collaborated to create a community health improvement plan that focuses on mental health, according to an Aug. 25 report from ABC affiliate WOWT.
A mental health subcommittee of the Brown County Human Services Committee in Wisconsin was given until April 2024 to outline specific strategies it will implement as the county's newly re-formed mental health task force, according to an Aug. 25 report…
Once Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center opens its new mental health facility in October, it will become the largest inpatient mental health provider among all U.S. children's hospitals, according to an Aug. 25 report from The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Embark Behavioral Health, a mental health treatment network for young people, has showcased positive patient outcomes in treatment of depression, anxiety, stress and suicidal thoughts in their first-ever clinical outcomes report, released Aug. 24.
Twenty-two counties across Washington and the state association of counties filed a lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services for "failure to provide adequate mental health services," according to an Aug. 23 report from The Seattle…