Behavioral health

IIT Guwahati establishes department to bolster healthcare in rural India Guwahati: Indian Institute of Technology- Guwahati has established the ICMR-DHR Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Device and Diagnostics Innovation and…

Editor’s note: This piece discusses suicide and the mental health crises among U.S. farmers and ranchers. Monte Bush was only 15 when his grandfather died by suicide on the family farm outside Riverton, Wyoming. One…

On International Overdose Awareness Day, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing the awarding of $79.1 million in overdose…

INDIANAPOLIS -- Free and confidential support for stress, depression or anxiety, as well as resources for food, clothing, housing and health care, will be available via telehealth well-being services in several rural Indiana counties…

Perspective piece describing the daily work of a harm reduction provider in a rural Alabama community. Discusses the challenges of providing services with limited resources and in compliance with state law, and the testing, needle…

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez ELKO, Nev. — Richard Cusolito believes he’s saving lives by distributing clean syringes and needles to people who use drugs in this rural area of northeastern Nevada — but he knows some residents disagree.…

Federally qualified health centers could help fill this health care gap in opioid-plagued rural communities The gold standard of opioid addiction treatments, methadone is a lifeline for millions of people addicted to narcotics…

Missouri has a new mental health helpline for one of its most distressed populations: farmers and ranchers.The Missouri Department of Agriculture on Monday launched the AgriStress Helpline, a free, confidential mental health service…

Demand for mental health services that peaked during the pandemic has remained stubbornly high, increasing waitlists and spilling patients into Maine’s hospital emergency rooms. Prior to COVID-19, Mainers might wait weeks…

Three Massachusetts health organizations have embarked on a clinical trial to try to reduce the prevalence of hepatitis C connected to drug use in the rural communities of Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.The Rural New England…