Twenty-two percent of people who died of drug overdoses in 2022 had non-substance use related mental health disorders, according to an Aug. 29 analysis by HHS' Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Baton Rouge, La.-based Woman’s Hospital opened the state's first perinatal mental health unit.
The National Institute of Health will fund a $20 million study following people with mental illness over five years.
Rates of mental health issues and conditions are on the rise among Americans of all demographics, and women are no exception.
The new CEO of Vibrant Emotional Health will lean on lessons from the healthcare and technology industry to improve access to mental healthcare.
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Several marks of progress in the mental health of Americans have been made in the last year, but work remains.
Vermont is the best state for accessibility of mental health in the U.S., according to Mental Health America's annual "State of Mental Health in America" report.
Children's Nebraska is leveraging excitement for its new facility to invest in behavioral health across the organization.
The stigma around seeking mental healthcare could creep back if treatment is too difficult to access, said one behavioral health leader.
From 2021 to 2023, the percentage of students who reported experiencing "persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness" decreased slightly from 42% to 40%, according to data from the CDC.