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Kids’ mental health getting a boost in Connecticut
By Eileen Weber
Bill focuses on access, play issues
Connecticut’s recently passed Senate Bill 2 focuses on...
Task Force recommends anxiety screening for adults under 65
By Susan Gonsalves
Older population requires further review
In June, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued...
Future of telehealth coverage uncertain
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Rules differ state to state
Telehealth became the new normal for both mental health patients and...
Vermont establishes mental health urgent care centers as alternatives to emergency departments
By Danielle Ray
Vermont is addressing the ever-growing mental health crisis with a forward-thinking idea –mental health urgent care centers across the state, including an inaugural one...
NE states consider legalizing Psilocybin
By Beth Negus Viveiros
Bills that could decriminalize psilocybin for therapeutic purposes are under consideration in several New...
BCBS of Massachusetts expands network of mental health providers
By Eileen Weber
What if your insurance company told you that you could get an appointment with a mental healthcare...
Wayne Dailey outlines the role of mental health action at disasters
By Catherine Robertson Souter
Between hurricanes, earthquakes, mass shootings, and deadly viruses, large scale traumatic events have spiked over the past decade.
And with disasters comes...
Report: 95 percent of prison population has mental health, substance use disorders
By Susan Gonsalves
CT Sentencing Commission aims for data to assist policymakers
A 2023 report from the Connecticut...
Flood of anti-transgender legislation takes mental health toll on population
By Eileen Weber
Study: One in three report poor mental health often or always
Republicans have launched a series of...
Bill would provide peer mental health support
By Danielle Ray
Representative Becca Balint’s (D-Vermont at-large District) very first bill introduced in Washington D.C. addresses mental health support for kids. She said it will not be...