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Vermont Psychiatric Care Hospital has cut three staff members and four of its patient beds, a decision that has inspired pushback from staff and some lawmakers. The state-run hospital in Berlin is one of Vermont's main facilities for acute inpatient mental health care.
While consultants have recommended reforms to how Wisconsin addresses mental health in prison, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections reports obstacles in the way of many of the reforms, according to a document obtained by the Examiner. In Wisconsin's adult prisons, nearly half of incarcerated people have a mental health diagnosis.
More than 7,000 immigrants were arrested in Massachusetts in the first 15 months of the second Trump administration, but the reverberations of those detentions affect thousands more family members.
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has filed a lawsuit against Meta, Snap, TikTok, Google and other tech companies, alleging that their social media platforms harm the mental health of the more than 180,000 minors who live there. "Too many young people are struggling with anxiety, depression, self-harm, and other serious mental health challenges," Jamila Winder, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, said in a press statement.
Tracy McClain remembers clearly the first time her son was arrested and charged with a crime because she was the one who placed the 911 call. She told dispatchers that her son JohnRobert Holmes III, 21 at the time, was at risk of hurting himself, hoping that he would get the help he needed — a pathway to a bed at a state psychiatric hospital.
Mental health is a sensitive and often stigmatized subject in many North Carolina communities that can create challenges for people who might need help but are reluctant to seek it out.
The University of Michigan will replace traditional letter grades for some first-semester freshmen with a pass/fail-style grade, to more gently ease new students into academic life. The plan will go into effect in the fall of 2027 at the university's College of Literature, Science and the Arts.
Family members and sailors say months at sea with no end in sight to a grueling Middle East deployment have intensified worries about mental health and the risk of self-harm aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln. Those concerns were brought directly to Navy leadership recently, when family members spoke to Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao and other senior officials during intense town hall meetings, according to two spouses who attended.
Lindsay Clancy's murder trial has centered on the mental health issues the 36-year-old faced after giving birth to her third child. Defense attorneys for the Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse do not deny that Clancy strangled her three children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months — before jumping from a second-story window of her suburban home in 2023.
Children who experience traumatic events have a higher risk of health and mental health disorders. Traumas may include abuse, neglect, or domestic violence. But some children experience another type of adversity: unpredictable home environments.
While the link between financial stability and mental health is well-established, a new University College Dublin (UCD) study reveals a major blind spot in current research: an overreliance on self-reported surveys rather than objective financial data. The joint review published in Frontiers in Public Health by UCD School of Computer Science and UCD School of Psychology evaluated 43 studies on financial habits and mental illness, uncovering significant gaps.
As gambling becomes more accessible to college students, a statewide study of Mississippi's public universities found gambling problems frequently occur alongside depression, anxiety and substance use. The findings suggest policymakers, parents and health care officials should recognize gambling problems as a potential sign that a student may need broader mental health support, researchers said.
A new evaluation of court-mandated treatment for mentally ill New Yorkers suggests the system's harms outweigh its benefits. Researchers compared the outcomes of people who were forced into outpatient mental health treatment under state law and individuals who received similar services voluntarily.
Although obesity and mental health problems represent two of the most pressing public health challenges, their developmental interplay remains insufficiently understood. Thus, we examined how depressive and anxiety symptoms, self-esteem, and psychological resilience are associated with weight development during adolescence.
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