Suicide is the second leading cause of death among children aged 10 to 14 in the U.S. That’s evidence of a systemic failure in identifying and addressing mental health concerns in young people.

A growing body of AI tools screen how people talk, searching for subtle changes that could indicate mental health concerns like depression or anxiety. A study finds that these tools don't perform ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Education Secretary Linda McMahon are calling for an end to school-based mental health screening and therapy. Instead, they argue in a Washington Post op-ed ...

I recently saw three students in my psychiatric practice who had been on the verge of suicide but felt unable to reach out for help. One had been prescribed a pain medication by their medical doctor, ...

Rogers Behavioral Health, a national nonprofit provider of mental health and addiction services, is incorporating a third-party AI-based virtual assistant to navigate more patients to care. Rogers is ...

Last week, Governor J. B. Pritzker made Illinois the first state to require mental-health screenings for all public school students. The governor boasted that such assessments, which screen every ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Education Secretary Linda McMahon want schools to do away with mental health screenings and therapy. Instead, they argue in a Washington Post opinion ...