Category: Mental Health
Court oversight of Maine’s mental health services ending after 3 decades
A landmark legal agreement requiring Maine to improve care for adults with severe mental health and psychiatric needs will be…
Can We Separate Individual Mental Health From the Collective?
The longer I work in healthcare, the more I find myself returning to this question: How can we support patients…
Sanitizing Mental Health Creates Emotional Superbugs
I always understood “The road to hell is paved with good intentions” to be about unintended consequences, making it something…
Denied coverage for mental health treatment? Here’s what you can do
In summary Government agencies can overrule an insurance company’s denial of coverage for a medically necessary mental health treatment, but…
Media Literacy as Preventive Mental Health Care
The governor of California recently approved a bill prohibiting the distribution of AI-generated media including deceptive audio and visual media…
Mental health professionals: Who they are, what they do, whom you should approach
SINGAPORE – When a teenager battling gaming addiction was referred to counsellor Daniel Wong, it was clear to him that…
A colorful kite festival in South Africa raises awareness for mental health
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Enthusiasts flew kites of all shapes and sizes Sunday at a festival in South…
“Shrinking” champions Gen Z mental health with care and empathy, not condescension
Nobody covets growing up in this day and age. The pandemic radically aged the brains of teenage girls. Unregulated social…
21 Small Habits That Can Improve Your Mental Health
At Mental, our mission is to embed mental health into everyday life. You know, the way it happens naturally. That…
Most say not enough being done to ensure affordable mental health care: Survey
Nearly three-fourths of U.S. adults said the government is not doing enough to ensure access to affordable mental health care,…
