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Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital has been named the number one hospital in the country for psychiatry, followed by McLean Hospital in Belmont at number two, according to U.S. News & World Report in its 2024–2025 Best Hospitals ranking.

In the two years since the implementation of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, more than 10 million texts, calls and chats followed, according to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) leaders who marked the event with a press call on July 16. The Biden-Harris administration, they said, provided more than $1.5 billion in total investment for the crisis line.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced July 16 the first-ever Licensure Portability Grant Program investment in a multi-state social worker licensure compact. State licensure compacts allow states to come together on a common approach to licensing health care providers, allowing providers to practice across state lines without having to apply for a license in each state. Streamlining licensure while maintaining quality standards improves access to services both by better facilitating hiring and by easing pathways to utilizing telehealth. The announcement was made at HRSA's National Telehealth Conference, the largest federal conference on telehealth issues. HRSA's new $2.5 million investment in licensure compacts will support the work to launch a social worker compact as well as HRSA's ongoing support for building and sustaining primary care, psychology and podiatry compacts. HRSA identified behavioral health as a priority in its state licensure compact work. Since HRSA began investing in licensure compacts, the Interstate Medical Licensing Compact and the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) have each grown to include 40 states, Washington, D.C., and one territory.

Holistic solutions that integrate a person's core cultural and spiritual traditions into their wellness routine can foster a greater sense of belonging, self-esteem, and overall mental health for minorities.

Nearly one half of children and adolescents who boarded in Massachusetts emergency departments for four calendar days or longer did not result in inpatient admission, suggesting the need for targeted resources to reduce boarding and promote equitable access to care, according to researchers of a new study published online in JAMA Pediatrics.

A new poll released by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) that examined the benefits of exercise and sports, reveals that the majority of respondents (57%) indicate that they participate in sports and that nearly all of them (84%) said that it benefits their mental health.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), announced on July 8 Notices of Funding Opportunities aimed at improving women's behavioral health across the United States, South Florida Hospital News and Health Care reported. With a combined total of $27.5 million, this funding underscores the Biden-Harris administration's commitment to addressing the unique mental health and substance use treatment needs of women. SAMHSA additionally announced nearly $1 million in grant awards for two grant recipients as a part of the Services Program for Residential Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women. The Notices of Funding Opportunities, made possible with funding from President Biden's American Rescue Plan, will support women's behavioral health by expanding access to services and enhancing the capacity of providers to identify and address mental health conditions, substance use and gender-based violence. These investments advance the Biden-Harris administration's efforts to address the mental health and overdose crises — two key pillars of the President's Unity Agenda for the nation.

RAND researchers evaluating changes in the availability of telehealth services at outpatient mental health treatment facilities (MHTFs) throughout the U.S. during and after the COVID-19 pandemic found treatment declines, particularly in the types of services offered. Service availability, ranging from managing medications to psychotherapy, dropped more sharply following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the researchers reported.

Mental Health America (MHA) has created its 2024 BIPOC Mental Health Toolkit to help support the efforts of individuals and organizations to raise mental health awareness in July. The toolkit is full of free, practical resources to help navigate mental health stigma, bridge generational differences, dismantle mental health myths and encourage meaningful conversations. Each July, the legacy of author, advocate, and trailblazer Bebe Moore Campbell is honored by recognizing Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. Moore Campbell's ability to tell impactful stories highlighting themes of racism, mental health and family left a lasting mark on this world and is a foundation for much of the work that continues in support of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) mental health, MHA stated. For more information, visit https://mhanational.org/bipoc/mental-health-month?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=822b296a-c241-4d2f-a961-fa5b2ad49055.

A federal judge last month ordered California state to pay $112 million in fines over inadequate staffing to meet the mental health needs of state prison inmates, California Healthline reported on June 26. Chief U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of California Kimberly Mueller issued the order following numerous hearings regarding prison staffing shortages, one of several components of the federal class action lawsuit now known as Coleman v. Newsom. An order that was issued in the lawsuit last May requires state corrections officials to pilot a manual-based treatment modality for inmates with personality disorders later this summer (see “Latest order in California prison suit will launch treatment pilot effort,” MHW, June 17, 2024; https://doi.org/10.1002/mhw.34083). Referring to inadequacies in the hiring of mental health professionals, Mueller wrote in her latest order that the harm “caused by these high vacancy rates is as clear today as it was 30 years ago, and the harm persists despite multiple court orders requiring defendants to reduce those rates.” State officials criticized the order, saying it does not reflect the state's best efforts to hire staff at a time when the entire nation continues to grapple with a shortage of mental health professionals. It has been 30 years since the case's initial ruling that California violated the U.S. Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment by offering inadequate care to inmates with serious mental illness.