The new service will operate 24/7 and is manned by 30 full-time counsellors and staff. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Effective prevention programs are available at every level — from ... and hopelessness increased from 28 percent to 42 percent. The economic cost of mental illness is an estimated $282 billion ...

Portugal fails to report mental health data of its incarcerated population to the World Health Organization, reflecting ...

Still, most mental ... for prevention and treatment. Large provider network across the country. Offers other types of insurance, including dental, vision, accident and critical illness plans.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2023, one in four adults in the U.S. experienced a mental illness, while one in 20 experienced or dealt with a serious mental ...

With just under 900 employees and a budget of $7.2 billion for large state grants and individual nonprofits that address addiction and mental illness, SAMHSA (pronounced SAM-sah) is relatively small.

Modern mental ... mental illness nexus. Special legal arrangements are often seen as a temporary reaction to a crisis, not a long-term remedy. But psychosis and drug abuse are chronic conditions.

With few treatment options available in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the burden of housing and treating people with mental ...

The lack of a continuous quality improvement program means that ‘critical errors go unaddressed’ in the jail system, one doctor says.

Since last year’s report, the number of uninsured adults with mental illness dropped from 10% to 4%. And far fewer people reported being unable to see a doctor because of the cost.