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Cleveland Moves To Add Mental Health Clinicians To 911 Response Under Tanisha's Law

Today dispatchers ask 911 callers if they need police, fire or EMS. But after a legislative compromise, Cleveland is one step closer to adding a fourth option: mental health professionals. After a year of delay, Cleveland City Council and Mayor Justin Bibb have agreed to changes to move forward Tanisha's Law, legislation that requires the city to send clinicians instead of police officers to certain mental health emergencies.

Massachusetts Hospital To Open a Pediatric Psychiatric Facility

Boston Children's Hospital is set to open a new 116-bed pediatric psychiatric hospital, backed by a $100 million donation from billionaire philanthropists Robert and Karen Hale. The state-of-the-art mental health facility will be located on the campus of Franciscan Children's in Brighton, which Boston Children's acquired in 2023.

Kane County, Illinois, Aims To Train 2,000 People in Mental Health First Aid

You suspect something is not right with a friend. Maybe a change in behavior or concerning comments have you worried about a mental health issue. But what can you do? Perform mental health first aid, experts say. And Kane County is aiming to provide training for that aid to 2,000 people by the end of the year.

New Bill Aims To Prevent Police Shootings of People in Mental Health Crisis

State lawmakers and the family of a man fatally shot by Vermont State Police laid out a series of reforms recently they say could help address a longstanding pattern of police shooting people in the midst of a mental health crisis.

24 Hours of Chaos As Mental Health Grants Are Slashed Then Restored

After a tense day of confusion and backroom negotiations, the Trump administration moved Jan. 14 to restore roughly $2 billion in federal grant money for mental health and addiction programs nationwide.

Could Psychedelics Harness Neuroplasticity To Treat Addiction And Other Mental Illness?

The potential use of psychedelics in the treatment of various mental health conditions has made these drugs a hot area of scientific research, as well as growing public interest.

One Genetic Map Could Rewrite How We Understand Mental Health

An international team of researchers has shed light on why mental health conditions often occur together. Researchers analyzed data from more than 6 million people to explore the connections among over a dozen psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ADHD, PTSD and substance use disorders.

VCU Researcher Partners With T-Mobile To Expand VR Mental Health Therapy For Youths

For VCU's Nicholas D. Thomson, who is bringing virtual reality to the mental health toolkit for youths, the second half of 2025 has been a period of high-profile expansion for his research — and his reach.

Science Shows Very Different Psychiatric Disorders Might Have the Same Cause

A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric patients, finding that many conditions involve similar genes and may not need to be treated as distinct illnesses.

Evidence For Link Between Digital Technology Use And Teenage Mental Health Problems Is Weak, Our Large Study Suggests

For years, the narrative surrounding teenagers' use of digital technology has been one of alarm. Time spent scrolling through TikTok or playing video games is widely seen to be driving the current crisis in youth mental health, fueling rising rates of anxiety and depression.

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