How Durham, North Carolina, Got Police Onboard with Unarmed Crisis Response
Durham sends unarmed mental health workers to 911 calls involving mental illness and addiction.
Understanding California’s Shift from Imminent Danger Standard to Medical Necessity
California has adopted a medical necessity standard: the medical director of state hospitals explains why
Representative Steve Eliason on 988: How Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Takes Ongoing Attention by Legislators
Utah State Rep. Steve Eliason shares the early beginnings of 988 and what legislators need to keep in mind.
OPINION | Prioritizing Adolescent Experiences of Crisis Mental Healthcare
Emma Burris, a senior at Barnard College, Columbia University, is evaluating trust in crisis mental healthcare.
The Rise of Emergency Room Mental Health Crisis Units
A homelike, therapeutic mental health crisis unit helps people who’d otherwise be held in an emergency room waiting for inpatient hospitalization.
Researchers Release Nationwide Gap Analysis on Mobile Crisis Teams
Are Mobile Crisis Teams in Crisis? New Nationwide Survey Reveals Gaps
Pregnancy to Postpartum: America’s Maternal Mental Health Crisis
Maternal mental health and substance use conditions combined are the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths, yet many perinatal mood and anxiety disorders remain undiagnosed or untreated.
The Generative AI Therapy Chatbot Will See You Now
Therabot is the first digital therapeutic to use generative AI in delivering clinical mental health interventions.
Terry Russell on Building Ohio’s Crisis Systems
It was 1957 when thirteen-year-old Terry Russell got off the school bus and saw a police van outside his home. “The police were there to take my brother to the state hospital,” says Russell. His brother, who had schizophrenia, would go to the state hospital for five to six months