Mental health advocates are looking outside of training more psychiatrists for solutions to the shortage of mental health providers, according to The Wall Street Journal. For instance, the American ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Rockford area colleges joined forces to create a new program for college graduates looking to become social workers in the area. The program is being funded by a $2 million ...

Panelists discuss how physician assistants play an essential role in addressing the critical shortage of psychiatrists, particularly in rural areas, where 55% of US counties lack a single psychiatric ...

Youth mental health providers are urging the state to fall in compliance with a class-action settlement that is set to go into effect in more than 18 months.

Behavioral health advocates have ambitious priorities for the 2026 General Assembly that include improving the major shortage ...

As a teenager, Paul Hoang used to have daily panic attacks. Every night, he’d suffer nightmares. He’d lie down in bed and become immobile. “I thought I’d been sat on by a ghost,” he said, alluding to ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN., (WPBN/WGTU)— Mental health care providers from Northern Michigan delivered a message to lawmakers in Lansing, highlighting a severe shortage of psychiatric beds in the region. "I ...

Three Idaho nonprofits join forces with the Albertson Family Foundation to address youth mental health, expand care access, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Right now, every county in East Tennessee has a shortage of mental health and behavioral health providers. A program from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and ...

California faces a significant shortage of mental health providers, especially in rural areas. Becoming a licensed therapist requires extensive education, unpaid internships, and can take many years.