July 18, 2022
Exacerbated by the pandemic, inadequate access to mental health care is a longstanding crisis in the United States, and the mental health workforce shortage is a key contributing factor.
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July 18, 2022
Alexa James, the chief executive of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Chicago, decried the practice of canceling days off as “inhumane” and called for a sweeping plan to address[…]
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July 17, 2022
An important but often less-discussed aspect of addressing our nation’s gun violence epidemic is youth suicide undertaken with firearms.
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July 16, 2022
Beginning on July 16th, anyone in America, anywhere in America, can dial just three digits–988–to get free, confidential, and immediate help for a mental health emergency.
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July 16, 2022
An arbitrary system for deciding which regions need more psychiatrists is further undermined by telehealth
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July 15, 2022
We know that our health tech experts can’t actually predict the future, but in today’s edition, we asked them to think about what 2022 will look like once we’re on[…]
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