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In 2024, over 61 million adults in the U.S. experienced a mental illness and deaths due to suicide, gun violence, and drug overdose remained high. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic and necessary public health responses exacerbated an already existing mental health and substance use crises.
Denver Health plans to reopen 12 idled psychiatric beds, forming a new unit for people who need hospital-level care for mental and physical conditions at the same time. Funding from the sales tax that Denver voters approved last year through Ballot Issue 2Q helped pay to renovate the unit, known as the Integrated Medical and Psychiatric Care Unit, or IMAP.
Three New Jersey hospitals could soon receive state funding to research the medicinal benefits of psilocybin – the chemical in hallucinogenic mushrooms – to treat mental health disorders. State lawmakers are moving proposed legislation that would create a two-year pilot program in which the drug would be administered at the hospitals and patients' experiences would be monitored under strict medical supervision.
Boston Children's Hospital will build a 116-bed psychiatric hospital in Brighton, Massachusetts.
St. Louis Children's Hospital and KVC Health Systems held a topping out ceremony in Webster Groves, marking the completion of the structural phase for a new 77-bed children’s mental health hospital. The new facility is a joint venture aimed at addressing the urgent youth mental health crisis in the region. It will provide four new levels of care to increase the capacity for treating children in crisis.
A new poll by the National Alliance on Mental Illness finds that one in five Americans reports their mental health is poor. And a majority think lawmakers are doing too little, spending too little to address mental health and substance use needs.
At first, the mental health-related videos that popped up on Amy Russell's TikTok feed made her feel seen. The tips and funny anecdotes about living with ADHD reminded her of herself — maybe her forgetfulness wasn't a flaw but a symptom.
On the front lines of medical care, health workers can be responsible for recognizing signs of suicide risk and connecting patients to potentially lifesaving treatment. Yet for many of these providers, this meaningful work can also take a toll on their own mental health and well-being.
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced new allocations for its mental health grants, which it revoked from over 200 original recipients earlier this year. The new grants total more than $208 million, but are significantly less than the nearly $1 billion in funds pulled from school-based programs and providers earlier this year, according to court documents.
Reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked with significantly lower rates of mental health diagnoses among children, including anxiety, depression, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and a drop in related health care spending, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and colleagues.
Scientists exploring how the brain responds to stress discovered molecular changes that can influence behavior long after an experience ends. They also identified natural resilience systems that help protect certain individuals from harm. These findings are opening the door to treatments that focus on building strength, not just correcting problems. The work is also fueling a broader effort to keep science open, independent, and accessible.
Wayne State University is launching a critical new study to support veterans struggling with PTSD and depression. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, nearly 4,300 Michigan veterans lost their lives to suicide between 2001 and 2022.
Psychiatrists have long relied on diagnostic manuals that regard most mental-health conditions as distinct from one another — depression, for instance, is listed as a separate disorder from anxiety. But a genetic analysis of more than one million people suggests that a host of psychiatric conditions have common biological roots.
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