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| Oct 2, 2026 | It’s hard to predict who will be suicidal. It’s easier to ensure people can’t shoot themselves | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”
Paul Nestadt is a... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | A generation of kids suffer as Trump destabilizes immigrant families | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News
The little girl stared up at Norma Gómez from the doorway of her neighbor’s apartment, her sad, brown eyes suddenly flashing with hope.
“Are you the person ... |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Prosecution Expert Quits Hospital as Clancy Jury Weighs His Testimony: Three Courts Rejected Him | By Kyle Belmonte
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| May 28, 2026 | The Minneapolis immigration crackdown ended months ago. For these little kids, trauma remains | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By MORIAH BALINGIT of The Associated Press and ANDY STEINER of MinnPost
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The little girl approached the therapy dog outside the school library, reaching out to touch h... |
| Feb 23, 2026 | I’m a retired Navy SEAL: What I do every day for a sharper mind—these habits ‘kept me alive in combat zones’ | I served for nearly 15 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve, including nine as a Commander. I led SEAL teams in combat and have spent the past two decades helping high performers, from boardrooms to locker rooms, build unbeatable minds.
SEALs are... |
| Feb 12, 2026 | OWR WORKING GROUP RELEASES FRAMEWORK TO STRENGTHEN PEER SUPPORT SERVICES STATEWIDE | OWR WORKING GROUP RELEASES FRAMEWORK TO STRENGTHEN PEER SUPPORT SERVICES STATEWIDE Posted on Feb 11, 2026 in Featured, Main, NEWS
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| Jan 22, 2026 | Televero Behavioral Health Grows Nationwide Footprint, Now Serving Patients in 21 U.S. States | Televero Behavioral Health
Televero Behavioral Health is now serving 21 states nationwide
Driven by data and outcomes, Televero expands access to personalized, measurement-based behavioral health care across the country.
We won’t stop at 97... |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Computerized prevention program could lower PTSD to 1% of former combat troops | A new study has found that a series of specialized computer-based training exercises can significantly reduce the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among IDF combat soldiers.
The peer-reviewed study by Tel Aviv University (TAU),... |
| Sep 7, 2025 | Colorado’s youth suicide rate hits 17-year low, but experts say mental health struggles persist | The suicide rate for Colorado’s older children and teens last year reached its lowest level in nearly two decades, with fewer than half as many youth taking their own lives as at the worst point, in 2020.
In May 2021, at the height of a pan... |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Study says AI chatbots need to fix suicide response, as family sues over ChatGPT role in boy’s death | “One of the things that’s ambiguous about chatbots is whether they’re providing treatment or advice or companionship. It’s sort of this gray zone,” said McBain, who is also an assistant professor at Harvard University’s medical school. “Con... |
| Aug 12, 2025 | Researchers say immigration raids taking emotional toll on children | Families who have experienced recent raids have noted behaviors such as anxiety attacks, bursts of tears, and abrupt changes in normal behavior.
That echoes the report, which said that in young children, abrupt caregiver loss has been linke... |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Handspring Secures $12 Million to Transform Pediatric Mental Health Care | In a world where mental health is increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of overall well-being, Handspring has emerged as a beacon of hope for youth and their families. The New York City-based mental health provider recently announced a s... |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Handspring secures $12M for virtual pediatric mental health platform | Photo: MixmikeGetty Images
Handspring, which offers virtual mental health for youth and their families, announced it scored $12 million in Series A funding,
Cobalt Ventures led the round, with participation from Arkitekt Ventures, Hyde Park... |
| Apr 14, 2025 | California School-Based Interventions Lead to 20% Reduction in Teen Drug Use Over Five Years | Key Healthcare logo representing a leading teen mental health and substance abuse treatment center in Los Angeles. The keyhole icon embodies access to healing, transformation, and recovery for adolescents.
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| Jan 29, 2025 | The Interplay of Work and Mental Health: A Balancing Act | In the intricate dance of life, work often takes center stage. It’s the rhythm that structures our days. Yet, for many, this rhythm is disrupted by the dissonance of anxiety and depression. Recent research sheds light on this connection, re... |
| Jan 27, 2025 | Чтобы не чувствовать тревогу или депрессию, психолог из Гарварда советует идти на работу | Согласно недавнему исследованию, опубликованному в журнале Psychiatric Research&Clinical Practice, взрослые, страдающие социальной тревожностью и депрессией, как правило, меньше работают.
Исследователи проанализировали данные 250 взросл... |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Overprescribing and Polypharmacy: Arine CEO Talks The Hidden Dangers of Amazon’s Same-Day Prescription Delivery | Yoona Kim, Founder & CEO at Arine
As ultra-fast prescription delivery services reshape medication access, healthcare providers face an urgent challenge: balancing patient convenience with medication safety. With 1 in 5 adults using five... |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Suicide is NOT a Symptom: Healthcare Is Missing the Mark on Suicide Prevention | Neil Leibowitz, MD, JD – Chief Medical Officer, Vita Health
Too many have lost a loved one to suicide. Every 11 minutes someone dies by suicide in the US, often without warning.
Suicidality has historically been regarded as a symptom of maj... |
| Sep 23, 2024 | The Silent Epidemic: Understanding the Rising Tide of Suicide and the Urgent Need for Action | Suicide is a shadow lurking in the corners of society. It’s a silent epidemic, claiming lives and leaving families shattered. Despite decades of national strategies aimed at prevention, the numbers tell a grim story. Suicide rates have clim... |
| Sep 21, 2024 | Health | Decades of national suicide prevention policies haven’t slowed the deaths | Raj’s death came in the midst of decades of unsuccessful attempts to tamp down suicide rates nationwide.
During the past two decades federal officials have launched three national suicide prevention strategies, including one announced in Ap... |
| Sep 12, 2024 | APA Publishes Groundbreaking Paper Supporting Peer-Run Crisis Respites | The paper, authored by two individuals with lived experience of a mental health condition, makes a compelling case for these peer-run services.
Peer-run respites assist people experiencing an emotional crisis to both strengthen their intern... |
| Jul 29, 2024 | Unraveling the Complex Web of ADHD and Health in Children | In a world buzzing with distractions, understanding children's behavior is more crucial than ever. The conversation around Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is evolving. It’s not just about hyperactivity or impulsivity. Recent... |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Impulsive and hyperactive? It doesn’t necessarily mean you have ADHD but something else | The 6-year-old boy sitting across from Douglas Tynan, a child and adolescent clinical psychologist based in Delaware, clearly did not have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Dr Tynan was sure of that. But the boy’s first-grade teache... |
| May 10, 2024 | Without Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Interventions, We Can’t Address the Maternal Mortality Crisis | May 1, 2024, marked World Maternal Mental Health Day, and on May 12, 2024, we will celebrate Mother’s Day. While maternal health is a recognized public health crisis in the United States, mental health, substance misuse, and substance use d... |
| 2024 | From Access to Impact: Prioritizing Quality Mental Healthcare with Measurement-Based Care | 58 million people suffer from mental health challenges in the United States. Depression rates are at an all-time high. Yet despite earnest efforts from the mental health industry and Americans spending billions on care per year, only 13% of... |
| Aug 3, 2023 | CCHR: Unlawful Imprisonment of Patients Exposes Mental Health Coercion & Fraud | The behavioral health unit’s use of coercion and forced treatment demonstrates how psychiatric facilities continue to employ these abusive practices despite admonishments from the World Health Organization and the United Nations.
Watchdog s... |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Health
Health | Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in over a dozen states | Cheryl Platzman Weinstock | KFF Health News (TNS)
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing “988,” or the Crisis Text Line by texting “HOME” to 741741.
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| Jul 11, 2023 | Investigation Needed of Involuntary Commitment at Canadian Psychiatric Hospital | Among British Columbians ages 15 and older, forced detainment rose by 65.7% between 2008/2009 and 2017/2018. There was a 162% increase in involuntary commitments among children and youth.
CCHR calls for investigation into involuntary commit... |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in over a dozen states | If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing "988," or the Crisis Text Line by texting "HOME" to 741741.
Aimee Quicke has made repeated t... |
| Apr 17, 2023 | The Psychoanalytical Treatment of the Psychoses and its Results | International Conference on Psychoanalysis and the Psychoses in Quebec City, May 11-13, 2023
It is a historic moment for the 388, for the clinic of psychosis, and for psychoanalysis.”
— Willy ApollonQUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC, CANADA, April 17, 20... |
| Apr 10, 2023 | An Immediate Need for Quality, Culturally-Competent Mental Health Care | The mental healthcare system in the United States has failed Black people and people of color. It’s failing everyone who lacks privilege, and it’s failing those who don’t know to seek help for their mental health challenges.
The current sys... |
| Feb 6, 2023 | Chemical Restraint Use in Foster Care Children Comes Under Scrutiny | CCHR says 25% of foster care children are subjected to psychotropic drugs and calls for increased scrutiny. Medicaid accounts for 80% of all antipsychotic prescriptions in the U.S., costing more than $3.36 billion.
CCHR says 25% of foster c... |
| Jan 25, 2023 | Why Patient Portal Usability is Critical to Patient Experience | Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant
Improving patient experience is a primary concern for behavioral health providers today. A positive patient experience can keep clients returning, while a frustrating or confusing experience may push them away. W... |
| Nov 16, 2022 | CCHR: Protecting Mental Health Human Rights in Florida for Over 30 Years | The headquarters for CCHR Florida are located in downtown Clearwater.
The winners for this year’s Social Impact Awards are exemplary models of corporate social responsibility and diversity, equity and inclusion.
Citizens Commission on Human... |
| Nov 10, 2022 | Health workers’ mental health: Addressing the invisible global pandemic | The World Health Organization defines mental health as a state of mental well-being in which people cope well with the many stresses of life, can realize their own potential, function productively and fruitfully, and contribute to their com... |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Why don’t they just do what the evidence says? The challenge and promise of implementation science | The test of a new team-based way to treat bipolar disorder was, by all estimations, a highly successful research effort. Two studies, one in the Department of Veterans Affairs and one in a large HMO, both found significant improvements in o... |
| Jun 28, 2022 | Crime and Public Safety
Crime and Public Safety | Sheriffs who denounced Colorado’s red flag law are now using it | By Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News
Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s red flag law when it was passed in 2019. He thought the law made it too easy to take a person’s guns away.
The statute allows law enf... |
| May 5, 2022 | Flawed FDA safety requirements are hamstringing a highly effective treatment for severe schizophrenia | For medications with serious safety concerns the Food and Drug Administration mandates a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) “to help ensure the benefits of the medication outweigh its risks.”
Sixty-three medications currently ha... |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Pear Therapeutics launches new program to improve digital patient access to addiction treatment | The news: Pear Therapeutics launched a new program to help substance use disorder (SUD) patients find virtual or in-person physicians.
Its “find a provider tool” connects patients to companies like addiction startup PursueCare. The teleheal... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Johnson & Johnson : Janssen Announces U.S. FDA Approval of INVEGA HAFYERA™(6-month paliperidone palmitate), First and Only Twice-Yearly Treatment for Adults with Schizophrenia | TITUSVILLE, N.J., Sept. 1, 2021 - The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved long-acting atypical antipsychotic INVEGA HAFYERA™ (6-month paliperidon... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Johnson & Johnson : Janssen Announces U.S. FDA Approval of INVEGA HAFYERA™ (6-month paliperidone palmitate), First and Only Twice-Yearly Treatment for Adults with Schizophrenia | News Release
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Kelsey Buckholtz [email protected]
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Investor contact: Jennifer McIntyre +1-732-524-3922 [email protected]
Janssen Announces U.S. FDA Approval... |
| Jun 2, 2021 | NIH: It’s time to make your mark on the renaissance of medicinal psychedelics | Just a few years ago, investments in medicinal psychedelic research were rare in even the riskiest of financial portfolios. But with entrepreneurs and financiers now pouring money into developing psychedelic treatments for mental and behavi... |
| May 4, 2021 | Children’s Mental Health Startup Little Otter Launches With $4.2 Million Investment | Little Otter cofounders Rebecca and Helen EggerKatie Lovecraft |
| Apr 26, 2021 | ‘Red flag’ gun laws get another look after Indiana, Colorado shootings
By Christie Aschwanden, Kaiser Health News | By Christie Aschwanden, Kaiser Health News
On New Year’s Eve 2017, sheriff’s deputies in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch responded to a domestic disturbance. Before the night was over, four officers had been shot and Douglas County She... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | '90210' star AnnaLynne McCord says she has dissociative identity disorder: 'All of my roles were splits' | Entertainment '90210' star AnnaLynne McCord says she has dissociative identity disorder: 'All of my roles were splits'
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| Mar 25, 2021 | Leading Inpatient Medical Detox Provider Launches Expansion of Benzodiazepine Taper Program | The benzodiazepine crisis has unfortunately been overshadowed...just because we’re not talking about it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.
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Gallus Medical Detox Centers (Gallus), an inpatient drug and alcohol medi... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | DC startup Hurdle looks to grow digital mental health platform for the Black community | As a Black-led mental health service focused on serving Black clients, Hurdle centered racial justice even before nationwide anti-racism movements in 2020.
“Our narrative is very clear,” said Kevin Dedner, Hurdle’s founder and CEO. “We’re n... |
| Jan 26, 2021 | 3 recommendations that would improve adoption of digital mental health tools | In a paper published in Psychiatric Services, a group of stakeholders shared three recommendations for improving adoption in the U.S.
The group was led by Patricia Areán, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University o... |
| Aug 13, 2020 | Coronavirus Might Worsen The College Mental Health Crisis: Can Apps Help? | With colleges already experiencing a mental health crisis prior to Covid-19, college students will ... [+] likely be directed to use apps to help with their mental health.getty |
| Jul 1, 2020 | Structural racism is why I’m leaving organized psychiatry | The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others are leading many Americans to reflect on structural racism in society and resolve to do things differently. They have led me to make the difficult decision to e... |
| Feb 29, 2020 | Trump barred a top health expert from speaking freely about the coronavirus. It's one of many ways the administration has muzzled scientists. | US president Donald Trump looks on as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health Anthony Fauci speaks during a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on Fe... |
| Sep 20, 2019 | National support for ‘red-flag’ gun laws could prevent many suicides | Red-flag gun laws, which allow for the temporary removal of guns from individuals at high risk of harming themselves or others, have broad public backing but haven’t yet gained national traction. That could change now that bipartisan suppor... |
| Aug 5, 2019 | Politicians Keep Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Health Issues. Doctors Say They're Wrong | In his address to the nation on Monday, President Donald Trump had an explanation for the pair of mass shootings that shook America in the span of a single weekend. “Mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger,” Trump said. “Not the gun.”
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| Jan 4, 2019 | Behavioral health innovation two years later: Why is adoption taking so long? | |
| Nov 22, 2018 | '13 Reasons Why' may increase teen suicide risk, according to a new study | "13 Reasons Why."
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At-risk teenagers say watching "13 Reasons Why" puts them at a greater suicide risk, according to a new study.
It's an important part of a body of evidence linking the show to suicide risk for y... |
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| Nov 27, 2017 | Hospitals need to earn their tax-exempt status | The first time I ever left my home country of Pakistan was during my final year of medical school when I went to work for a month at the Cleveland Clinic. The first time I saw the hospital, I felt like I had stumbled into one of the wonders... |
| Jun 28, 2017 | Ohio city council member wants 911 to ignore drug overdose calls | An Ohio city council member has a relatively novel solution to the opioid crisis ravaging his city: Let the most severe addicts fend for themselves.
Dan Picard, who serves on the city council of Middletown, Ohio, first suggested last week t... |
| Dec 14, 2016 | Patient navigators can serve crucial roles in hospitals | As Jane’s 7-year-old daughter, Kelsey, lay in the intensive care unit, shaking from seizures, Jane needed people to listen to her and trust her. Jane — not a textbook — knew which of the five different seizure medicines worked best for Kels... |
| Nov 12, 2015 | Can Mobile Health Apps Transform Mental Health Care? | Irv Lichtenwald, Medsphere Systems CEO
Any conversation focused on what’s great about America usually includes a mention of optimism, hopefulness or some variation on the theme.
Americans generally still believe in a brighter future, and es... |
| Overcome healthcare staffing shortages with a sound telepsychiatry strategy | Covid-19 has posed an unprecedented threat to public health and introduced significant levels of stress and anxiety into our daily lives. Healthcare workers have borne the brunt of pandemic-related stressors. As an industry already struggli... |
| Meet the doctor who helped inspire a controversial Netflix movie about anorexia | At age 78, Dr. Richard MacKenzie is having his Hollywood moment.
He’s the physician who helped inspire a controversial Netflix movie about anorexia, “To the Bone,” which begins streaming on Friday. The film was written and directed by one o... |
| Opening the door: Are behavioral health providers ready for value-based care? | There’s a lot of buzz in healthcare about the promise of value-based care (VBC) and how it can reign in skyrocketing costs, while delivering improved patient outcomes. And indeed, the move to VBC has yielded positive results in primary care... |
| Can an at-home vagus nerve stimulator reduce stress? New tech could improve sleep, focus and anxiety | Thank u, necks!
Pressing a $269 electrical device against the vagus nerve in your neck may be the secret to good vibes and stellar sleep.
Implantable vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) devices, which can cost $50,000, have long been used to trea... |
| Pear Therapeutics launches new program to improve digital patient access to addiction treatment | The news: Pear Therapeutics launched a new program to help substance use disorder (SUD) patients find virtual or in-person physicians.
Its “find a provider tool” connects patients to companies like addiction startup PursueCare. The teleheal... |
| Feeling anxious or depressed? Go to work, says Harvard psychologist: ‘Work has a protective effect on our mental health’ | Companies who don’t address employees’ mental health might be sabotaging themselves, a new study shows.
Adults with social anxiety and depression tend to work fewer hours, according to the recent study published in Psychiatric Research &... |
| Gun control really works. Science has shown time and again that it can prevent mass shootings and save lives. | Mourners take part in a vigil at El Paso High School after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, August 3, 2019. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
On Monday, seven people were killed in a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in... |
| 3 recommendations that would improve adoption of digital mental health tools | Since the start of the pandemic, more companies have adopted digital tools to give people access to mental healthcare. Investors poured a record amount into these tools, roughly $2 billion in equity funding, according to data from CBInsight... |
