Category: Mental Health
Callers keep flooding 988 mental health, suicide helpline
HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — When Jamieson Brill answers a crisis call from a Spanish speaker on the newly launched national…
States Struggle to Provide Mental Health Care for K-12 Students
In July, the Biden administration announced historic investments in mental health services for public schools. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act…
More school counselors could turn the tide on the youth mental health crisis
© Provided by Salon Student Meeting With School CounselorGetty Images/monkeybusinessimages Last fall, more than 130 children’s organizations called on President…
Online mental health company uses ChatGPT to help respond to users in experiment — raising ethical concerns around healthcare and AI technology
ChatGPT, a AI chat bot, has gone viral in the past two weeks. NurPhoto/Getty Images A digital mental health company…
‘A real wake-up call’: Poor mental health is costing billions of dollars in lost productivity
The U.S. has a mental health crisis and it’s costing the economy tens of billions of dollars in lost productivity….
Students in New York could get mental health days off from classes
Lawmakers in New York state are considering joining a dozen other states that allow students to take mental health days off…
Nonprofits filling gap in childhood mental health
Nonprofits on Long Island say they are offering affordable mental health therapy for teens and young children — without long waiting lists…
Mental health days off from school may soon become a reality in New York state
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Lawmakers in New York state are considering joining a dozen other states that allow students to take mental…
Using Mental Health as an Excuse for Bad Behavior
We are surrounded by the discourse of “mental health” at this moment in time. Anecdotally it appears that more people…
Mental health advocates address New Hope’s ‘drastic’ decision to shut down group homes
Mental health advocates say the city of New Hope took “a very drastic step” when it used a rental licensing…
