Friday, April 1, 2022: Mental Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new report examining the magnitude of distress the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the health of American teenagers. The CDC developed a one-time, online survey, which 7,770 high school students took between...

Friday, March 25, 2022: Mental Health

A new Kaiser Family Foundation study found that, leading up to the pandemic, nearly 25 percent of U.S. adults in the U.S. reported signs of anxiety or depression. Furthermore, 8.5 million adults who reported moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety and or depression...

Thursday, March 24, 2022: Mental Health

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned rulings that would have required United Behavioral Health (UBH) to reconsider its denials of tens of thousands of claims for mental health and substance use care. The previous rulings, issued in 2019 and 2020 by Chief...

Monday, March 21, 2022: Mental Health

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) added prolonged grief disorder in its latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Its inclusion means that clinicians can now bill insurance companies for treating people for the...

Thursday, March 17, 2022: Mental Health

A recent study found that hospitals are seeing more emergency department (ED) visits for mental health (MH) issues after COVID-19 surges, particularly among young adults and racial minority groups. The study found that ED professionals may experience increases in...

Tuesday, March 15, 2022: Mental Health

A study published in JAMA Pediatrics found that the pandemic took a large toll on children’s mental health and overall household stability, but several of these trends had been building for years. Levels of anxiety and depression among children increased between...