by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 21, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The New York Times interviewed U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, focusing on his mission to address the adolescent mental health crisis. The interview discusses mental health in the context of the current generation, how stigma and other factors keep young people...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 17, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Schools vying for some of the $25 million the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will award to improve primary care must include mental health services in their programs, according to an HHS announcement. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said that “ensuring...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 9, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The rise of AI in mental health care has providers and researchers increasingly concerned over whether glitchy algorithms, privacy gaps, and other perils could outweigh the technology’s promise and lead to dangerous patient outcomes. AI-enabled chatbots like...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 6, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
Nearly a quarter of physicians reported clinical depression in a new Medscape survey, while 9 percent admitted to suicidal thoughts. Medscape surveyed 9,100 physicians across 29 specialties last year. Two-thirds of doctors reported colloquial depression, according to...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 27, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) tapped 10 digital health innovators for their suicide prevention solutions as part of its $20 million Mission Daybreak grand challenge. The VA launched the multiphase challenge in May 2022, receiving more than 1,300 pitches for...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 14, 2023 | Mental Health, Tea Leaves
After two consecutive years of declines, suicide rates in the United States increased in 2021, nearly matching the record high from 2018. There were 48,183 deaths by suicide in 2021, after 45,979 in 2020 and 47,511 in 2019, according to data from the Centers for...
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