You might recently have heard the fabulous news that Mad River Community Hospital and the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services jointly applied and were awarded $12,361,918 to design ...

There has been no comprehensive database on the existing behavioral health workforce—until now. This effort goes further and is far more reliable than has ever before been attempted. Any response to ...

A new paper published in Nature Mental Health argues that the U.S. cannot end its worsening behavioral health crisis without a workforce that reflects the racial, ethnic, lived-experience, linguistic, ...

More than 122 million Americans currently live in federally designated mental health professional shortage areas, and 93% of behavioral health providers report experiencing burnout. Facilities cannot ...

The U.S. is facing a severe shortage of behavioral health providers —those who care for people with mental health or substance use issues. In recent years, demand for behavioral health treatment has ...

Just as paramedic work is not inherently unsafe and paramedics are not employed by police departments, behavioral health crisis response is not inherently unsafe and should not be established within ...

Several times, the COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright light on issues not directly related to infection with the virus. It happened again this spring. An issue of the Journal of the American Medical ...

Health advocates warn that California is so behind that any slowdown in behavioral health workforce funding would be detrimental. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s move to fold the nation's mental ...

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” This spring, the Good News Rescue Mission, which runs the ...