Friday, August 19, 2022: Mental Health

A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief explains existing parity requirements and highlights key policy issues raised by regulators and advocates that could be addressed in the future. The brief specifically examines four policy issues: 1) simplifying parity standards to...

Tuesday, August 16, 2022: Mental Health

Project Health Minds – a nonprofit formed by business, health care, entertainment, and tech leaders to address the mental health crisis – is developing a playbook to guide companies in supporting employees’ mental health. Launched last year, the platform is...

Wednesday, August 10, 2022: Mental Health

Amazon.com Inc. is planning to add behavioral health support to its array of medical offerings via a partnership with mental health service provider Ginger. As part of the partnership, the companies will share patient information and provide on-demand access to mental...

Monday, August 8, 2022: Mental Health

The Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) will hold its 2022 conference in Breckenridge, CO from September 21-24. Join CBHC for numerous interactive sessions, including a “fireside chat” with Dr. Morgan Medlock, Colorado’s first Behavioral Health Commissioner,...

Tuesday, July 12, 2022: Mental Health

A Wall Street Journal analysis of calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (Lifeline) between 2016 and 2021 found that one in six ended without reaching a counselor. One-and-a-half million of the 9.2 million calls placed ended either because the caller...

Wednesday, June 29, 2022: Mental Health

The Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) released a new brief exploring the latest national data on mental health and substance use trends among adolescents. According to the brief, deaths due to drug overdose among adolescents nearly doubled from 2019 (282 deaths) to 2020...