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State and county public health departments and nonprofit groups are reeling after the Trump administration announced abrupt cancellation and revocation of roughly $11.4 billion in COVID-era funding for grants linked to addiction, mental health and other programs.
Two legislators and the Mills administration are pushing forward overlapping proposals to secure expanded Medicaid coverage from the federal government for psychiatric care. A bill backed by Democratic Sen. Joe Baldacci and Republican Sen. Rick Bennett directs the state to apply for an exemption from a federal rule that prohibits Medicaid coverage for inpatient mental health care at psychiatric facilities with more than 16 beds — commonly called an IMD (Institution for Mental Diseases) waiver.
Utah legislators this session took aim at life coaches who harm their clients' mental health, but the law that the governor signed recently stops short of prescribing minimum standards or ethical guidelines for the burgeoning profession.
Hawai'i has agreed to open its prisons and jails for inspection by two national experts who will assess the state's troubled inmate mental health services. The agreement was reached as part of ongoing efforts to resolve a federal lawsuit filed in 2019 over prisoner suicides. There is no agreement yet on financial aspects of the case.
State regulators signed off on a proposal from Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington to construct a roughly $10 million psychiatric unit for adolescents, overruling concerns from the Brattleboro Retreat and a disability advocacy group.
High school teacher Julie W. said she feels constant worry, stress and existential dread. She can't stop checking the news. Julie said if she tries to take an hourlong nap, it turns into a five-hour nap. Other times she doesn't sleep at all. She has picked at her skin and chewed her lips until they bled and stained her clothes.
The Army is written all over Wendy Smith's Houston, Texas, home. Even her dog is named Sergeant. Smith was a mechanic in the Gulf War. During her service from 1989 to 1991, she says she was sexually assaulted.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently launched new guidance to help all countries reform and strengthen mental health policies and systems. Mental health services worldwide remain underfunded, with major gaps in access and quality. In some countries, up to 90% of people with severe mental health conditions receive no care at all, while many existing services rely on outdated institutional models that fail to meet international human rights standards.
The Recording Academy's MusiCares and mental health provider Amber Health are teaming up to look into the touring professionals' well-being. The partnership will launch a mental health study for touring professionals, entitled Headlining Mental Health: A Tour Study.
Daniella Fodera got an unusually early morning call from her research adviser this month: The doctoral student's fellowship at Columbia University had been suddenly terminated.
In a manuscript published in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled "Psychiatric Genetics in Clinical Practice: Essential Knowledge for Mental Health Professionals," the authors provide updated guidelines on what mental health professionals should know about the latest advances in genetics and how genetics can inform clinical psychiatric practice.
A recent PLOS ONE study investigates the psychoeducational quality of TikTok content about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on the perspectives of mental health professionals and young adults.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) community has historically faced marginalization in mainstream media, often subjected to harmful stereotypes and negative portrayals.
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