Public Health

President Donald Trump is directing HHS to investigate potential threats posed by the prescription of psychiatric medications to children. 

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has declared fentanyl use a state of emergency in the city, a move designed to speed up the availability of behavioral health services. 

Most Americans think the country has lost ground on addressing the opioid epidemic and mental health, according to a new survey by Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health and Gallup. 

The Youth Risk Behavior Survey is among the information federal health agencies have removed in response to an executive order on gender classification, The New York Times reported Jan. 31. 

Many beds at Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine's new behavioral health facility are empty as the state grapples with who will represent patients committed to the facility, the Seattle Times reported Jan. 22. 

New York City will launch a program designed to support individuals with severe mental illness who are homeless. 

Declines in rates of drug and alcohol use among teenagers that began during the COVID-19 pandemic have continued, according to the annual Monitoring the Future study. 

The number of drug-related emergency department visits increased by about 6% from 2022 to 2023, according to a report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 

McKinsey and Co. will pay $650 million to resolve criminal and civil investigations into its work with opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma. 

California's CARE Court process has placed fewer adults in mental health treatment plans than intended, California Healthline reported Nov. 27.