Right now, about 30% of Americans treated for clinical depression don’t see any improvements. Not with therapy. Not after trying one medication, then another, then a third. Relief remains agonizingly out of reach. That’s why doctors, therapists, and Washington policymakers…
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Illicit drug use increased between 2021 and 2025, rising from 22.2% (62 million people) to 24% (69.8 million), according to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) 2025 Companion Infographic Report. The findings are based on the 2021-2025 National…
Marshfield Clinic, part of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, has awarded 60 grants to fund youth behavioral health programs at school districts and community organizations. The grants support two programs. Thirty-three went to schools for b.e.s.t. Universal Screening, an online…
Vermont reported the highest share of adults with a past-year drug use disorder at 13.9%, with Hawaii reporting the lowest at 7.2%, according to KFF. The data comes from the 2023 and 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health,…
U.S. life expectancy at birth reached an all-time high in 2024 amid a record decline in drug overdose deaths, according to data from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Four notes: 1. The death rate for the U.S. population…
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While U.S. overdose deaths declined in 2025, it was at a slower pace than the previous year, according to CDC data released Jan. 14. The data comes as HHS is reversing more than $2 billion in cuts to federal grants…
New York City’s B-HEARD program — an initiative that sends health professionals, instead of police officers, to respond to 911 calls for nonviolent mental health emergencies — will transition to full operation by NYC Health + Hospitals in the spring…
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health has expanded a mental health crisis training program for law enforcement. Developed in partnership with the Pennsylvania State Police Academy, the “Keystone Model of Crisis Management” workshop teaches cadets how to de-escalate behavioral health emergencies,…
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 —…
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…