A new survey of public school principals reveals a significant gap in mental health screening across U.S. schools. Less than a third of the nation's public schools…
Teen Line, a program of Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, trains young people to be the first line of support for their peers in crisis. Selected teens undergo 65…
Every county in East Tennessee faces a shortage of mental health and behavioral health providers, prompting the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse…
Dr. Orna Guralnik, the psychoanalyst featured on Showtime's "Couples Therapy," believes the critically acclaimed series has resonated with audiences because it promotes…
Transgender Louisianians enrolled in Medicaid are facing sudden denials of coverage for gender-affirming care, including hormone replacement therapy and surgeries, after…
Researchers studying psychedelic therapies are asking a fundamental question: are the mind-altering effects of drugs like psilocybin and ketamine essential to their…
The AMA and The Kennedy Forum have launched an interactive mapping tool to expose how well commercial insurance plans comply with mental health parity laws. The Mental…
Washington, D.C., is experiencing contradictory trends in mental health care: local programs are showing results while federal rollbacks threaten to undercut progress.…
The Trump administration has paused new mental health parity rules issued in the final months of the Biden presidency, and Congress has curtailed funding for the…
A new study published in JAMA Health Forum finds that children experiencing mental health crises in emergency departments often board for extended periods while waiting…
Insurance commissioner issues $20M in fines over mental health coverage This development represents an important step in addressing mental health and behavioral health…
Medicaid cuts to begin soon in NC, including ending coverage of weight loss drugs This initiative focuses on expanding Medicaid coverage for mental health and behavioral…
An Employee Benefit Research Institute survey found that 39% of health plan participants were unsure whether mental health services were covered in the same way as…
California's behavioral health workforce is buckling under demand, with critical shortages of psychiatrists, therapists, and substance use counselors making it difficult…
State of Ohio creates new mental health role to address workforce shortage The behavioral health workforce shortage is a critical barrier to accessing mental health…
Brainspotting is a type of psychotherapy for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), developed by David Grand in 2003. The therapy involves finding fixed-eye…
Medicaid faces massive cuts starting in 2027 as part of President Donald Trump's budget proposal, with Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) cuts…
A perspective published in Frontiers in Psychiatry challenges the widespread assumption that music should be a central component of psychedelic-assisted therapy. The…
Medicare Telehealth 2026: What CMS’s New Proposal Means for Behavioral Health Behavioral health encompasses mental health and substance use disorder services. This…
Researchers at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Ewha Womans University have uncovered a new brain mechanism driving PTSD and identified a promising treatment.…
Germany to allow some depressed patients to try psilocybin amid psychedelic medicine boom This development represents an important step in addressing mental health and…
California Governor Gavin Newsom claimed on July 18 that Florida ranks "51 in mental health care, 1 in home insurance costs, 1 in elder fraud, 1 in rent hikes." A…
D.C.’s sole mental health crisis team for kids under threat in new budget The ongoing mental health crisis requires coordinated efforts from healthcare providers,…
Josiemer Mattei, Donald and Sue Pritzker Associate Professor of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, leads two major research studies in Puerto Rico…
Direct Relief has been responding to multiple medical emergencies and health access challenges across the United States and Puerto Rico. Over the past week, the…
Incarcerated people with mental illness in Puerto Rico are facing severe treatment gaps and barriers to care. According to a 2024 Senate investigation, nearly…
Dr. Lee Za Ong, associate professor of counselor education and counseling psychology at Marquette University's College of Education, has received a $2.4 million grant…
An Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is a structured, partial-day program designed for adolescents struggling with mental health conditions including anxiety,…
Two mental health advocates in Puerto Rico have founded Mad in Puerto Rico, a digital platform that challenges the island's biomedical approach to psychiatry and…
A Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) is a safe, structured program in which teens receive full-day therapeutic and academic support while spending nights and weekends…
Puerto Rico's Senate recently voted to advance a bill that would ban health care for transgender youth under 21 on the island and punish parents or doctors who help…
Jacksonville State University's Department of Social Work has received a $2.4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to launch a new…
The American Psychological Association has jointly produced a professional practice guideline with the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation…