January 05, 2023 Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Challenges during the Pandemic Nearly one in three U.S. adults had either a substance use disorder or a mental illness in the past year, according to a new report from the Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration.
December 22, 2022 Overdoses, COVID-19 Lower U.S. Life Expectancy COVID-19 and drug overdose deaths led U.S. life expectancy to decline to its lowest point in two decades, according to a new CDC report.
December 20, 2022 5 Takeaways: Trends in Women’s Mental Health A large share of women reported needing mental health services during the past two years, but access to care remains a challenge, according to new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
December 08, 2022 New Opioid Overdose Dashboard Debuts Today The White House today unveiled a first-of-its-kind dashboard that tracks non-fatal opioid overdoses and other key emergency measures related to the opioid epidemic.
November 15, 2022 HAP Urges Lawmakers to Support Pa. Behavioral Health HAP and Pennsylvania’s health care community urged state lawmakers today to act quickly to allocate $100 million in one-time federal funding to support behavioral health.
November 01, 2022 A Look at Behavioral Health Challenges across U.S. The U.S. must take action to improve access to behavioral health care and bring treatment within reach of millions of Americans.
October 24, 2022 KFF Research Brief: Youth Firearm Injuries and Deaths Trend Up since COVID-19 During 2021, firearm-related deaths for children rose about 50 percent from their pre-pandemic levels, according to a new research brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).
October 19, 2022 Supporting Youth Mental Health in Rural Schools Pennsylvania’s rural schools are seeing an overwhelming demand for behavioral health services.
October 13, 2022 Perspectives on Nation’s Mental Health Crisis About 90 percent of Americans believe the U.S. is in the midst of a mental health crisis, according to a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and CNN.
October 10, 2022 Hospitalizations for Opioid Overdose Decline Hospitalizations for opioid overdose decreased about 27 percent from 2016 to 2021, according to a new report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4). The research...