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The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) is proud to announce the next phase of its Mental Health Equity Initiative (MHEI), a partner network launched in 2020 to complement direct service delivery through CDPH mental health clinics (MHCs).
San Antonio's mental health system is bracing for a sharp drop in inpatient capacity this week as Laurel Ridge Treatment Center prepares to significantly scale back operations following the loss of its Medicare and Medicaid provider status. The operational changes come as Laurel Ridge also prepares for significant staffing cuts.
A first-of-its-kind inpatient mental health facility for youth is set to open in Central Oregon, aiming to keep teens with severe conditions closer to home instead of traveling across the Cascades, Oregon for care. Right now, teens with high acuity or severe mental health conditions must travel to Portland, Oregon for treatment.
Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to help thousands of homeless Californians when he launched a new mental health court in 2023. So far, it has struggled to help the sickest, most vulnerable people, but a Southern California lawmaker is carrying two proposals this year that she hopes will fix gaps in the program.
Economic uncertainty. Political division. Global conflict. For many Americans, these aren't just headlines. They are daily stressors shaping how we feel and function. "Over time we have understood the real impact that stress collectively can have on us and some of the factors that are in our environment that drive the stress that we experience," said Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, American Psychological Association CEO, in a special episode of APA's Speaking of Psychology podcast with Georges C. Benjamin, MD, CEO of the American Public Health Association.
The Mount Sinai Health System today announced the launch of the Marilyn Monroe Mental Health for the Arts Program. The program is dedicated to the special mental health needs of the performing arts community, and honors the actress's legacy and her 100th birthday in 2026.
Rural youth experience higher rates of firearm exposure, handgun-carrying and associated mental health risks, according to Rutgers researchers. Their study, published in Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, has examined recent literature on rural youth firearm exposure and its association with health risk behaviors and outcomes, including violence and suicide.
In Sweden, more resources have been allocated to expanding outpatient psychiatric care while the number of inpatient beds is steadily declining. A study by Lund University shows a statistical link between fewer psychiatric beds and higher suicide rates. The study was published in The Lancet Regional Health–Europe.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental condition that can negatively impact long-term outcomes for individuals. Early diagnosis is critical, yet demographic and clinical disparities can delay detection. Using electronic health records (EHRs) from a cohort of over 720,000 patients, we pretrained an EHR foundation model. We then fine tuned it to predict the likelihood of ADHD diagnosis and timing from birth until age 9 years in a pediatric cohort of over 140,000 patients.
Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder affect roughly one in seven people worldwide. While these disorders pose a major and growing global health challenge, their underlying biological mechanisms remain poorly understood.
Artificial intelligence provides good answers to mental health questions. Young people even like ChatGPT's responses better than health care professionals' advice, according to a new study published in DIGITAL HEALTH. When young people ask about mental health, the answers from ChatGPT are both more useful and more relevant than the answers from health care professionals, according to the young study respondents.
Researchers from The University of Manchester have worked directly with teenage girls to uncover what they believe could help turn the tide on rising rates of anxiety and low mood. From their early teenage years, girls are more likely to experience low mood and anxiety. They are twice as likely as boys to experience depression by age 15, and new evidence suggests this gap has been growing for more than a decade.
While research has shown a link between traffic-related exposures such as air pollution and noise and adverse mental health outcomes, few studies have looked at the role of road infrastructure itself in isolating communities and breaking down their social fabric, and how that might affect the mental health of people who live there.
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