The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget cuts. Progress on overdose deaths could be lost, experts warn.

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A year after California voters approved a huge bond to build more treatment centers for people wracked by addiction and mental health conditions — including those living in tents and campers ...

Update: On May 12, a judge granted the Trump administration's request to pause the lawsuit brought by the ERISA Industry Committee while the administration reconsiders the recent mental health ...

The 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act sought equitable insurance coverage for mental health and addiction treatments. Updated regulations in 2024 aimed to enhance enforcement and ...

The Wedge Recovery Centers – a provider of mental health, addiction and other behavioral health services to nearly 2,000 Philadelphia residents on medical assistance – will close in the ...

Oregon’s response to people suffering a mental health crisis is hampered by bad data collection, a lack of state-level planning and meager funding, the Secretary of State’s Office said in an ...

That’s why addiction and mental illness sometimes seem to run in families. Exposure to stress or trauma can also trigger mental illness and substance use. Some people with mental health ...

del Vecchio is former SAMHSA executive officer. At the age of 23, after years of mental health problems, addictions, and trauma, I found myself on a Philadelphia subway platform ready to end my life.

In this article, we will examine how dance music festivals are helping to address mental health and addiction recovery. Many festivals now offer dedicated wellness activities and areas where ...

So funding and staff cuts to a federal agency that supports mental health care, suicide prevention, and addiction treatment, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ...