Mental Health, Presidency of Donald Trump
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Late yesterday, hundreds of grantees received termination letters from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), cancelling congressionally-appropriated grants that will negatively impact the availability of critically needed mental health and substance use services on which millions of Americans depend.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, is a nationally recognized grassroots organization with chapters across the United States focused on destigmatizing mental illness and creating support systems to help improve people’s mental health.
Online therapy provider Talkspace acquired Wisdo Health to integrate peer support and coaching into its mental health services. Wisdo is an artificial-intelligence-powered coaching and peer-to-peer support platform that gives users 24/7 access to trained ...
River Valley Resilience Retreat's core demographic is people who have been exposed to trauma through their work. “We’re seeing that there’s much more need for it," says its co-founder, a former firefighter.
When Alicia Doty was in a Shakopee prison for drug-related charges stemming from her methamphetamine addiction, volunteers who had once shared her experience visited during her 1 1/2-year sentence. And while she did relapse after her 2017 release, she ...
The 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle is setting its focus on mental health this year, recognizing trauma first responders face on the job.
A three-year initiative in California to strengthen student well-being by training high school students to support their peers showed promising results.
Once sustained on shoestring budgets, peer-run mental health spaces are expanding across North Carolina as state and local leaders invest in programs led by people with lived experience.