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The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Celebrates 50 Years!

The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (PRA) and Psychiatric Rehabilitation Foundation (PRF) will celebrate their 50th anniversary at Drexel University's Health Sciences Building, 60 N 36th St, Philadelphia, PA. This milestone event honors five decades of advancing recovery-focused mental health care. Join professionals, educators, and advocates in a dynamic setting at Drexel University.

Seniors With Mental Illnesses To Be Evicted From SF General Hospital

In San Francisco, residents, family, staff and supporters recently demonstrated against a plan to close the Behavioral Health Center at SF General Hospital. The group says following through would displace the most vulnerable seniors for those with severe mental illness.

Travis County, Texas' Mental Health Diversion Center Takes Another Step

Travis County, Texas, kicked off the design portion of its long-awaited mental health diversion center and central intake project. The lead architectural firms, Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects, Kirksey Architecture, and Pulitzer Bogard, will work with county staff and UT's Dell Medical School to conceptualize the physical diversion center, which will take approximately 18 months to build after design is complete.

A St. Louis Youth Organization Created a Database To Help Asian Americans Find Therapists

Studies show mental health illnesses are on the rise among Asian Americans, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic. To help reduce those rates, a St. Louis-based civic youth organization created a statewide database with over 40 Asian and Pacific Islander therapists. Student interns with the Missouri Asian American Youth Foundation created the mental health directory a few years ago to help reduce the stigma around mental health among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and promote mental wellness.

Oregon Bill Making It Easier To Forcibly Treat — And Release — People With Mental Illness Moves Forward

Oregon lawmakers are moving forward with a sprawling bill aimed at making it easier to force treatment on people with severe mental illness, while also ensuring other patients don't remain in treatment too long.

Rural Schools Feel the Pinch From Trump Administration's Cuts To Mental Health Grants

In parts of rural upstate New York, schools have more than 1,100 students for every mental health provider. In a far-flung region with little public transportation, those few school counselors often are the only mental health professionals available to students.

How Might Changes to the ACA Marketplace Impact Enrollees with Mental Health Conditions?

Marketplace enrollment has grown substantially in recent years, increasing from 11.4 million people in 2020 to 24.3 million in 2025. Insurance coverage is a key determinant in accessing health care services, including mental health services.

What Happens When Politics Decides If a Child Gets Mental Health Care?

As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, I've spent the past two decades treating young people and working with families in crisis. And I can tell you this: The threats to youth mental health are bigger than we think, and they're not coming from where you might expect.

How Extreme Heat Impacts People With Mental Illness

As triple-digit temperatures hit the East Coast, individuals with a mental illness — specifically those who take prescribed medication — are at risk for heat intolerance, with psychiatric hospitalizations peaking in the summer months, according to experts. During heat waves or especially warm days, there is often an uptick in the frequency of psychiatric hospitalizations, with one study finding that "higher temperatures may trigger bipolar disorder relapses that require hospital admission, and higher expositions to sunlight may increase the risk of manic episodes."

Lack of Psychogeriatric Beds Putting Patients And Doctors At Risk

Placing physically and sexually aggressive older psychiatric patients in general hospital wards is both unsafe and unethical, a University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led paper argues. The authors are urgently calling for more inpatient beds for patients with the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) to deal with the growing issue.

Study Explores Genetic Link Between Cannabis Use And Psychiatric Disorders

Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, is widely consumed worldwide, whether for recreational or medicinal purposes. Over the past decades, the use of cannabis has been fully legalized or decriminalized in various countries worldwide, including Canada, many U.S. states, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Portugal.

Greater Access To Mental Health Staff in Schools Can Buffer Risk of Growing Up in Disadvantaged Communities

Children growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods — communities with low rates of high school graduation and employment, low family income, and other measures of adversity — are at heightened risk of experiencing mental health conditions. But a new study from Mass General Brigham suggests that, while the neighborhood environment plays a key role in mental health, having greater access to mental health staff in schools could help lower risk.

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