In Alabama, the suicide rate among young people aged 10-14 has doubled in the last two decades, says a report from the Alabama State Department of Education, titled Youth Suicide: “The Silent Epidemic ...

Did your insurance company deny you mental healthcare? If so, read on. You have rights. It's called "parity." The idea is to make it easier to get mental healthcare, including treatment for behavioral ...

People with inflammatory arthritis run a substantially increased risk for mood disorders like depression and anxiety.

A Trump executive order called mental health problems "incompatible" with military service. Advocates fear a chilling effect.

New Mexico leaders are trying to address behavioral and mental health across the state. On Friday, the Senate passed a ...

Less than 7% of individuals with mental health or substance use disorders receive effective treatment worldwide, according to a cross-sectional analysis published in JAMA Psychiatry.The findings ...

Mental health illnesses have become a topic many teens are starting to talk openly about, especially in the high school level ...

Lagos State First Lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, and a professor of psychiatry and clinical psychology at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUT), Professor Olurotimi Coker, have raised an alarm ...

New research by University of Sydney academics reveals Australians delay seeking treatment for mental health and substance abuse issues for up to 12 years. Here's how professionals are reacting.

Two Chicago-area women are on a mission to encourage African Americans to take mental health more seriously. "I didn’t want to be here anymore and that’s all I knew is that I didn’t want to be, here ...

The use of stigmatizing terminology in National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded grant abstracts has decreased by over half since 2013.

CHICAGO — The Illinois Department of Human Services departments tasked with mental health and substance use would be combined under an executive order from Gov. JB Pritzker, his office announced ...