by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 10, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The Department of Health and Human Services has expanded the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program to include 10 new states: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 31, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves, Uncategorized
Research published on Thursday reveals a concerning trend: diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among college students more than doubled between 2017 and 2022, with prevalence rising from 3.4 percent to 7.5 percent during this period. The study, which...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 29, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Pregnant women and new mothers in the United States are experiencing a severe mental health crisis, with mental health conditions emerging as the leading underlying cause of pregnancy-related deaths, according to the CDC. Between 2019 and 2021, maternal mortality...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 28, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The Deloitte Health Equity Institute and the School of Global Health at Meharry Medical College conducted a study on mental health inequities in the U.S., analyzing costs, including chronic ailments and productivity losses. They found these inequities cost an...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Nearly 50,000 veterans made use of an emergency suicide prevention program that was launched by the Department of Veterans Affairs last year. The department said the new policy allowed those experiencing a suicidal crisis to get necessary care, including emergency...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Women who suffer from depression during or after a pregnancy are at an elevated risk for suicide, two recent studies found. The first study, published Tuesday in the JAMA Network Open journal, found that women with perinatal depression (PND) were three times as likely...
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