Category: Mental Health
The Dire Need for Mental Health Expertise for Families
Jon Tyson/Unsplash Early this year, The New York Times ran a powerful guest essay, “I Am the Last Barrier Between…
We need a mental health ‘supply chain’ to address crisis
We need a mental health‘supply chain’ to address crisis The U.S. is in the midst of a child mental health…
Two Worsening Mental Health Issues for Teens
Nuno Silva / Unsplash Adolescence is a difficult time for anyone to live through. But in today’s era of social…
Opinion/Tassoni: Budget surplus could cure some ills in RI’s mental-health system
© The Providence Journal / David DelPoio The Rhode Island State House. John J. Tassoni Jr. is president/CEO of Substance Use…
Children’s mental health likely to be focus of CT lawmakers this year
Mental health support for kids may be a theme in committees that deal with children’s issues this session, a continuation…
A mental health tech company ran an AI experiment on real users. Nothing’s stopping apps from conducting more.
When people log in to Koko, an online emotional support chat service based in San Francisco, they expect to swap…
CARE Court, statewide mental health care plan, priority for LA County
Los Angeles County will accelerate the implementation of a statewide program intending to assist people suffering from severe mental illness,…
The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis
Written by guest author and SelfWorks’ therapist, Megan Lothian LCSW American adolescence is undergoing a drastic change as it relates…
Editorial: Three police killings in one week expose L.A.’s deadly response to mental health crisis
At least a third of fatal police shootings involve victims who were in mental health crisis or impaired by substance…
One brain network may be involved in six mental health conditions
Depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder have all been linked to problems in the same circuit of…
