by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 17, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Two years after its launch, the national suicide hotline 988 remains relatively unknown to many Americans, despite having received 10 million calls, chats, and texts. According to recent Ipsos polling, although 67 percent of U.S. adults have heard of 988, only 23...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 17, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Medicare has proposed reimbursing doctors for digital mental health therapies, such as apps and software, marking a significant shift to support treatments that have struggled with adoption due to inconsistent payment and coverage pathways. The Centers for Medicare...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 17, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, Included Health and Harvard Medical School investigated the impact of reintroducing out-of-pocket costs on the utilization of virtual behavioral health care among patients in high deductible health plans (HDHPs). The...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 16, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Recent data indicates a gradual improvement in youth mental health following significant declines during the COVID-19 pandemic, though some metrics still lag behind pre-pandemic levels. In several states, including North Carolina, Washington, and Colorado, surveys...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 13, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
A Pentagon study revealed that between 2014 and 2019, U.S. soldiers were nearly nine times more likely to die by suicide than in combat situations, marking suicide as the leading cause of death among active-duty soldiers during that period, with 883 recorded suicide...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 11, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Gun suicides consistently outstrip gun homicides in the U.S. despite drawing less attention than other forms of gun violence. Suicide rates have increased in the U.S. over the past few decades and become a leading cause of death among young and middle-aged Americans....
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