by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 9, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The rise of AI in mental health care has providers and researchers increasingly concerned over whether glitchy algorithms, privacy gaps, and other perils could outweigh the technology’s promise and lead to dangerous patient outcomes. AI-enabled chatbots like...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 6, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Nearly a quarter of physicians reported clinical depression in a new Medscape survey, while 9 percent admitted to suicidal thoughts. Medscape surveyed 9,100 physicians across 29 specialties last year. Two-thirds of doctors reported colloquial depression, according to...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 27, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) tapped 10 digital health innovators for their suicide prevention solutions as part of its $20 million Mission Daybreak grand challenge. The VA launched the multiphase challenge in May 2022, receiving more than 1,300 pitches for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 14, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
After two consecutive years of declines, suicide rates in the United States increased in 2021, nearly matching the record high from 2018. There were 48,183 deaths by suicide in 2021, after 45,979 in 2020 and 47,511 in 2019, according to data from the Centers for...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 6, 2023 | Mental Health
Governors in at least a dozen states—including California, Ohio, South Carolina. and Georgia—are pushing for more money for mental health. The budget proposals seek to address the nationwide scarcity of mental health workers, the mental health needs in schools, and...
by Jordana Choucair | Feb 2, 2023 | Mental Health
Public school districts that received COVID-19 relief funds for mental health services are confronting how to sustain programs when the money runs out. The funds expire in September 2024, putting schools in “use it or lose it” mode, without assurances of a...
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