Across the nation, Medicaid is the single largest payer for mental health care, and in rural America, residents ...

The reason mental health patients end up in ERs, he says, is due to a lack of “resources within the community and the closure many years ago (20, 30 years ago) of state facilities and, frankly ...

A California addiction center found a way to compel Anthem to cover patients it rejected. Their dispute reflects a broader ...

Hospital emergency rooms are again having to house patients waiting to get into an in-patient mental health facility. COVID-19 impacted what many hoped would be a year that ended the practice of ...

Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment. by Maya Miller and Duaa Eldeib Dec. 31, 2024, 5 a.m. EST ...

Many patients dealing with mental health crises are having to wait several days in emergency rooms until beds become available at one of Georgia's five state psychiatric hospitals as public ...

Providers noted patient mental health crises — called Code Greens — were more likely to happen in the evenings or on weekends, when there is less structure in the patient’s day.

A recent study from Toulouse, France, is the largest to look at hospitalized patients with severe mental illness. Though three patients couldn't stick with it, the 28 who did had substantial ...