Grand Rapids, Mich., leaders unanimously approved a $700,000 co-response team with police and mental health workers for specific emergency calls, local news source MLive reported May 26.
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United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an official advisory May 23 stressing the immediate need to combat the health worker burnout crisis in the U.S.
John Littel, Virginia secretary of health and human resources, told the state General Assembly's Joint Commission on Health Care that mental health facility workers are leaving their positions for those at fast food restaurants such as Chick-fil-A, Virginia Mercury reported…
California's State Assembly passed a bill that allows parents to sue social media platforms for harming children who have become addicted to their platforms for up to $25,000 per violation, ABC News reported May 23.
Jayesh Kamath, MD, PhD, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut in Mansfield, said that use of ketamine as a treatment for mental health is "revolutionary for [the field of psychiatry]," CT Insider reported May 22.
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Online mental healthcare company Talkspace released its "Employee Stress Check Report 2022," which showed that 34 percent of 1,400 American full-time workers are currently considering quitting their job, but 66 percent of those considering quitting said access to mental health…
The online dating app Hinge announced its Mental Health Advocates of Tomorrow initiative, an opportunity for current students working toward an undergraduate or graduate degree or certificate program in a mental health field to earn funding toward their education, on…
The Justice Department is investigating whether Kentucky unnecessarily institutionalizes and segregates Louisville-area adults with serious mental illness in psychiatric hospitals and places them at risk of police encounters, the department said May 24.
A statement by the Education Department emphasized that colleges can use Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds on improvements to mental health services, InsideHigher Ed reported May 20.
San Diego County supervisors are considering a $2.76 billion spending plan for the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported May 21.