Third Party Mental Health Articles

  • Move to integrate behavioral health sees progress

    Move to integrate behavioral health sees progress

    Patient advocates, state officials, and healthcare executives spoke about the challenges and the promise of integrating behavioral and physical health services at a briefing hosted by the...

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  • School strategies for preventing drug abuse and suicide

    School strategies for preventing drug abuse and suicide

    Suicide is now the third leading cause of death in children ages 10 to 14, and more than 1 million middle school and high school age students have a substance abuse disorder. The Trust for...

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  • Mental health therapy via mobile apps could replace office visits, according to new study

    Mental health therapy via mobile apps could replace office visits, according to new study

    We use our phones to manage daily life--navigation, checking the weather, reading the news, entertainment, keeping up with friends, and taking photos and videos. The rise of mobile health thinks...

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  • Depressed teens turn to social media to cope

    Depressed teens turn to social media to cope

    Type “I’m depressed” into an internet search engine such as Google and you might get a free online depression test. Click on #depression on Instagram, and you’ll get a prompt asking “Can we help?”...

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  • Get to know your neighbors for mental health

    Get to know your neighbors for mental health

    National Night Out is August 7 this year. It has been celebrated since 1983, with the goal of strengthening communities and neighborhoods. When neighbors get to know each other, they create a...

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  • 5 ways design is transforming behavioral health centers

    5 ways design is transforming behavioral health centers

    Today, more than 40 million American adults suffer from a mental-health condition, and half of all chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14. Despite these overwhelming statistics, the...

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  • Podcast: Effort to Prevent Suicide and Improve Mental Health Takes a ‘Whole-Person’ Approach

    Podcast: Effort to Prevent Suicide and Improve Mental Health Takes a ‘Whole-Person’ Approach

    In this podcast, Tyler Norris, CEO of the Well Being Trust, discusses recent high-profile suicides. Norris talks about the importance of making it normal and safe to discuss anxiety, depression,...

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  • 14 Things Doctors Wish Postpartum Moms Knew About the "Fourth Trimester"

    14 Things Doctors Wish Postpartum Moms Knew About the "Fourth Trimester"

    Just when you think you’ve reached the finish line for pregnancy, you discover there’s a "fourth trimester." This “trimester” describes the postpartum period from the time your wee one is born to...

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  • On the Front Lines of Treating Mental Illness: Meet St. Joseph’s BART Team

    On the Front Lines of Treating Mental Illness: Meet St. Joseph’s BART Team

    Humboldt County’s suicide rate is well above the national average. Addiction and self medication are frequently described as rampant. That’s why St. Joesph Health has developed a new strategy for...

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  • Here’s what a comprehensive mental health care system for Orange County could potentially look like

    Here’s what a comprehensive mental health care system for Orange County could potentially look like

    Orange County Register CHOC’s brand new Mental Health Inpatient Center has 18 bright, airy rooms with common recreational areas and cheery leaf motifs adorning its entryways and walls. Read the...

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  • Hoag confronts youth mental issues with ASPIRE program

    Hoag confronts youth mental issues with ASPIRE program

    Families across Orange County are facing significant and increasing challenges with their adolescents. Little support exists for children and their parents moving through this fragile stage of...

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  • Maternal Mental Health Discussed At Hoag Hospital

    Maternal Mental Health Discussed At Hoag Hospital

    Newborns aren't the only ones who need love and support. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian recently announced the launch of the Maternal Mental Health Program in hopes of helping new and...

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  • Depression is actually the #1 complication women deal with during (and after) pregnancy

    Depression is actually the #1 complication women deal with during (and after) pregnancy

    Many women experience complications during pregnancy. When we think about those complications, our minds immediately go to miscarriage, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, or other physical...

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  • Emergency rooms adapt for patients with mental health needs

    Emergency rooms adapt for patients with mental health needs

    At St. Joseph’s Hospital in Southern California, doctors have created an emergency room specialized for those with mental health needs who often have longer wait times.

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  • Well Being Trust

    Well Being Trust

    Well Being Trust is a new national foundation dedicated to advancing the mental, social and spiritual health of the nation. Created to catalyze innovative solutions that measurably improve...

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  • Behavioral health initiatives score $100M

    Behavioral health initiatives score $100M

    Providence St. Joseph Health has announced its first three grants to improve access to mental health care across the nation. The Institute for Mental Health and Wellness, a Providence St. Joseph...

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  • Mental health institute focuses on community health

    Mental health institute focuses on community health

    Providence St. Joseph Health is poised to create a broad national movement to promote mental health so that individuals and communities can thrive. The health care system launched the Institute...

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