The term “behavioral health” refers to the connection between a person’s habits, actions, and emotional well-being, which affect their overall health. Behavioral health encompasses mental health ...

Costs to families for behavioral problems grew more than twice as fast as other childhood health care over the past decade Behavioral care made up about 40% of all health expenditures for U.S.

A friend of mine who is a primary care physician recently lamented that when he referred a patient for treatment for depression, they usually were put on a four-month waitlist. He really wanted to be ...

Educators from across Idaho and beyond gathered at Boise State University on how to respond to rising behavioral health ...

When a parent suffered trauma as a child, their kids are affected. Trauma in childhood echoes through generations, according to new research that could have implications for thousands of migrant ...

Tracey feared for her safety from her 15-year-old son’s violent aggressive behavior. Tracey, who asked that her full name not be used, had been in and out of the emergency room 12 times with her son ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana workshop "State of Mind" is working to destigmatize mental and behavioral health issues. The workshop works with local high school students, teachers, ...

Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System is working to prevent behavioral health crises before they happen and opened a new health center to keep care in the community, the Grand Forks Herald ...

Jan. 15—GRAND FORKS — As Altru Health System's new hospital stands tall, a smaller facility nearby also prepares to accept its own patients. The new behavioral health center, sitting to the new ...

Far too often, Pennsylvania AG Dave Sunday said, when you see violent crime, there was probably a point in the perpetrator’s life where a mental health intervention would have made a difference.

SB-113 transfers regulatory authority over licensed behavior analysts to the Alabama Department of Mental Health and converts the former independent licensing board into an advisory body. The law ...

The Texas Legislature at least partially implemented less than a third of recommendations from the state's 2024 Children's ...