Mental health crisis centers and EmPATH units: offering care that busy ERs can’t

As national awareness of mental illness rises and innovative care models emerge, many advocates now see a rare opportunity to remake mental health crisis care for the better. Read More

Nonprofit working to bring $400M mental health campus to Wichita

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – New details have been released about a nonprofit’s effort to bring a $400 million mental health campus to Wichita with the help of state and county leaders. Read More

Confronting our mental health crisis

The stark contrast between the gleaming skyline of New York City and the shadowed streets, where the untreated mentally ill wander, is a daily reminder of our failed mental health system. Read More

North Carolina to expand peer-led crisis services in push for more mental health support

The state is investing in a wider range of mental health crisis supports, including those run by people with lived experience of mental illness. Read More

Viewpoint: COVID brought us a second pandemic — the mental health crisis

There's a pressing need to enlighten our various communities to the fact that jail is not a substitute for mental health or recovery facilities. Read More

Leaders celebrate opening of Behavioral Health Crisis Center in Grand Rapids

Local medical and mental health leaders say a new center is changing the narrative behind mental health by providing services to those who need it, whenever they need it.On Monday, leaders celebrated ... Read More

Alamance will get mental health crisis center

the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday a $22 million investment to expand community crisis centers — including opening a new one in Alamance County — and peer respite ... Read More

New York State budget adds more than $400M to bolster mental health services

The budget provides funds for mental health clinics in schools, more inpatient psychiatric beds and the needs of veterans, first responders and law enforcement. Read More

Mental Health Research News

Apr. 26, 2024 — A study in more than 3,000 US counties, with 315 million residents, has suggested that air pollution is linked with stress and depression, putting under-65-year-olds at increased ... Read More

Why Tennessee lawmakers redirected $3M in maternal health funds to crisis pregnancy centers

Democrats have criticized the crisis pregnancy funding ... to mental health and counseling services for pregnant women, support for parents considering adoption, workforce assistance for new ... Read More

Maine governor signs off on new gun laws, mental health supports in wake of Lewiston shootings

take the person into protective custody for a mental health evaluation and hold a hearing before a judge to remove guns from someone in a psychiatric crisis. The new law allows police to go ... Read More