A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical abuse, if not more so. This groundbreaking research highlights the need to ...

Nearly one in four Americans experienced some kind of mental illness in the last year, according to a new report from Mental Health America. The “2025 State of Mental Health in America” report was ...

Employees at North Aurora Care Center were worried about admitting V.R. The 28-year-old man had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, hypersexual tendencies and cognitive delay. So, when a local hospital ...

The exterior of Clarks Summit State Hospital, one of six state psychiatric hospitals in Pennsylvania. The state’s core program to close its psychiatric hospitals and shift care to less-restrictive ...

One in ten physicians sought mental health or substance use care over a recent 19-year period, with demand rising sharply during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research showed. The ...

Take a good look around any major urban area– and now, many rural spaces too– and you’ll see signs of drug abuse and addiction. The Baltimore City Department of Health reports that “In 2023, Baltimore ...

Therapists, like me, want their clients to know how to recognize abuse because abuse can cause trauma, which may lead to anxiety, depression, PTSD, and a variety of irrational beliefs. Any of these ...

The report found there were 218 people stranded in county jails waiting for mental health treatment, as of Jan. 13. In ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made an appearance in Tampa on Wednesday morning to take steps forward to expand efforts for mental health and substance abuse. He signed two bills into ...