Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is seeking roughly $186 million in the state's 2025 budget to address homelessness and behavioral health needs across the state, the Standard-Examiner reported Dec. 4.
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West Virginia is the state with the most drug related deaths, while Nebraska has the fewest, according to data published by the United Health Foundation Dec. 5.
Optum added over 45,000 therapists, psychiatrists and behavioral health providers to its network, Optum Health CEO Amar Desai, MD, said.
Smoking rates declined by over 10 percentage points from 2011 to 2022 among adults aged 18 to 24, but declined more slowly among older adults, a study published Dec. 1 in JAMA Health Forum found.
A new civil court process that launched across seven California counties in October has already received more than 100 petitions, ABC News reported Dec. 1.
Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., has received a $1.8 million grant from the Oregon Health Authority in an effort to increase the capacity and diversity of the state's mental health workforce.
A new behavioral health facility offering an adult day program has opened in Richmond, Va., CBS affiliate WTVR reported Dec. 1.
Two U.S. senators have introduced bipartisan legislation focused on reducing the occupational safety and health risks affecting the commercial fishing industry across the United States, including mental health risks.
Around four in 10 addiction medicine fellowships are unfilled in 2023, according to a National Resident Matching Program report published Nov. 29.
Social media posts could be linked to negative impacts on the perception of mental health treatments, according to a recent study published in Social Media + Society.