Health insurance, treatment and access
New study reveals lack of access as root cause for mental health crisis in America
Why collaboration's key to help patients access mental health care
Why it's not easy to access mental health care when you're covered by Medicaid
Increasing access to quality mental health care through telepsychiatry
CMS physician payment rule promotes greater access to telehealth services, diabetes prevention programs
Why telehealth for mental health care is working
COVID and the American mental health crisis
COVID-19 has accelerated the mental health crisis
Not as good as we want, not as bad as we've heard: teen mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mental health declined during the pandemic but some people with depression improved
Health workers know what good care is: pandemic burnout is getting in the way
Stress and rigorous work schedules push a doctor to commit suicide every day in the US: "We need them, but they need us"
Suicide and behavioral health
Worrying trends in U.S. suicide rates
Breaking the trend: new CDC data on suicide
Suicide rates fall again, but not for young adults and some people of color
Suicides in U.S. jails, prisons rose sharply over two decades, federal data shows
Fact sheet: new strategy outlines five priorities for reducing military and veteran suicide
Suicide and self-harm in correctional facilities
Legislation and mental health
Press release: Rep. Porter reintroduces bill to reduce violence against individuals with mental illness and disabilities
Building mental health into emergency responses
Missouri will be last state to enforce laws on mental health care coverage
Federal law says insurers must cover outpatient mental health care, but Mississippi decides not for its state employees
Mental health parity in the US: have we made any real progress?
Can psychedelics meet their potential for treating mental health disorders?
Common comorbidities with substance use disorders research report, part 1: the connection beween substance use disorders and mental illness
Youth and behavioral health
Fact sheet: improving access and care for youth mental health and substance use conditions
U.S. Surgeon General issues advisory on youth mental health crisis further exposed by COVID-19 pandemic
The U.S. Surgeon General issues a stark warning about the state of youth mental health
COVID harmed kids' mental health, and schools are feeling it
Feeling blue? Oregon students allowed to take "mental health days"
Mental health disorders and teen substance use.
