For the first time since the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration began collecting data on the mental health and substance use of Americans, the percentage of younger adults (aged 18 to 25) in the country with severe mental illness (SMI) is greater than the percentage of SMI in adults aged 26 and older.
A 2016 National Alliance on Mental Illness survey found 80 percent of respondents were more likely to have difficulty finding a therapist who would accept their insurance compared with other types of specialty medical care. That may make apps that promise low-cost plans, such as $79 a session or $150 a month, attractive to investigate.
Surveys show that nonwhite students are often more stressed than their white classmates, but experts say they’re less likely to seek psychological help. This further complicates efforts to increase the proportion of black and Hispanic students who succeed in earning college and university degrees, and who graduate at rates lower than whites.
As per the National Mental Health Survey, 2015 conducted by WHO, 1 in 20 people in India suffer from depression. The prevalence of mental disorders in the 13-17 age group was 7.3%.
People in the U.S. who type “clinical depression” in Google search via a mobile device will now be invited to check if they are clinically depressed via a screening questionnaire.
Study finds women in gender-equal countries have better cognitive skills – here’s how to understand it
Let’s try you. Read the title above once, then cover it and write down word for word what you remember. Having difficulties? How well you do may be down to which country you live in.
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley looked at the link between emotional acceptance and psychological health amongst, finding that those who resisted their more negative emotions ended up feeling more psychologically stressed than those who embraced their bad moods.
Half of people aged between 18 and 24 have said that a mental health issue has affected their work ethic at some stage of their career, according to a new survey.
There’s evidence that shows games can help you relax, reduce stress, and help depression and anxiety. Now, you can help further that research and get games taken a little more seriously — and get healthier, more mentally fulfilling games to boot.
23andMe is currently recruiting 15,000 people with major depressive disorder and 10,000 people with bipolar disorder to participate in the study. The company describes its goal as finding out how genes influence brain processes, like attention and visual perception, for those with these conditions.
The City Health Dashboard compiles county and state health-related data from multiple agencies, including the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDC, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Anyone will have access to the website that houses the dashboard, but the creators hope that policy makers and community leaders will use the information to make better decisions for the people Read more
The HHS is planning to launch a national evaluation to determine how prevalent mental illness is in the United States. Its results could lead to a seismic shift in the practice of medicine, clinicians say. The last time such an analysis was conducted was over a decade ago, according to the agency.
Nearly 1 in 5 American adults deals with a mental illness or substance abuse problem each year, a U.S. government study says. Oregon has the highest rate, and New Jersey the lowest, according to 2012-2014 data analyzed by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
A study determined that 9.8% to 59% of providers could offer a new patient appointment, with psychiatry appointments being particularly difficult to schedule. These findings are consistent with similar studies conducted in other regions, suggesting that access to outpatient behavioral health care is limited despite existing ACA regulations.
Despite three warnings and a multimillion-dollar fine, Kaiser Permanente still fails to provide members with appropriate access to mental health care, according to a recent survey of the HMO by the state of California.
Our findings demonstrated that DACA was opening new educational and employment opportunities for recipients, improving individual lives and boosting local economies. DACA led to an overall decrease in stress, helping them to perform better in their jobs and in their studies.
The history of police use of force against people of color is as old as the nation itself, but it’s only recently that police are contending with another major factor in police violence: mental health.
Black women are much less likely to report suffering from depression than white women are, a new study suggests.