A research team from Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina School of Medicine found suicidal thoughts and behaviors may emerge in children as young as 5 years old, according to findings published in the September edition of the JAACAP Open.…
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 27 into law, expanding the state’s Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act to increase access to behavioral health treatment and housing for residents with serious mental illness. The legislation enhances Care Court —…
Jefferson Cherry Hill (N.J.) Hospital, part of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, plans to open a 4,000-square-foot EmPATH unit to treat patients experiencing mental or behavioral health crises, according to an Oct. 10 report from Courier Post. The facility, which will be…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released the “Make America Healthy Again” report earlier this year aimed at addressing “overmedicalization” of children in the realm of behavioral health and shifting more focus on families and lifestyle choices. But Susan Swick,…
Boston Children’s Hospital has expanded suicide prevention protocols across its clinical settings as part of its participation in the the Preventing Youth Suicide Collaboration. The hospital joined the collaboration in 2023, a national effort developed by the Cardinal Health Foundation,…
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Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has expanded its co-response program, which pairs behavioral health clinicians with law enforcement to help officers respond to behavioral health crises. The health system launched its first-ever co-responder program in northern Colorado in 2018 and has expanded…
What would you do with $100 million dollars and the freedom to create your own youth mental health program from scratch? For Susan Swick, MD, executive director at Monterey, Calif.-based Ohana Center for Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health — part…
Suicide is the leading cause of death for young people in Colorado, and leaders at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora are working to change that. Becker’s caught up with Lisa Horowitz, PhD, a pediatric psychologist and director of suicide prevention…
New York, Hawaii and New Jersey are the top three states for overall mental health status and access to care, according to Mental Health America’s State of Mental Health America 2025 report, released in October. To devise the ranking, the…
New York City-based Spring Health is supporting a new industry coalition that aims to establish universal standards for the ethical and clinically safe use of artificial intelligence in mental healthcare. The AI in Mental Health Safety and Ethics Council includes…