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Getty Images The pandemic's negative impact on the mental health of millions of people has renewed discussions around why that nation's behavioral healthcare system has been inadequate to meet the level demand for care. But the failure to meet patients' mental health needs predated the pandemic. Approximately 43% of the more than 51 million adults estimated to have had a mental health condition in 2019 received treatment, according to care access data compiled by Mental Health America. The care gap has prompted calls for healthcare providers to move swiftly toward integrating behavioral healt...

In early 2020, Juston Root’s condition was deteriorating. Diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder as a young adult, the 41-year-old wasn’t taking his medicine, and those around him were concerned. His family felt that he should be civilly committed. His psychiatrist described him as “actively psychotic with poor self care,” according to a Jan. 6, 2020 evaluation. “He is not at acute risk and cannot be hospitalized against his will at this time but given his history we believe hospitalization is very likely.” On a brisk, damp morning one month later, Root drove himself to Brigham a...

People in the throes of a mental health crisis often intersect with the criminal justice system, and while efforts are being made to increase the availability of mental health services, observers say existing systems are still lacking. When people with mental health issues become involved with the justice system, it often can be during an episode involving crisis behavior. Or, the person has a repetitive history of similar behavior. Sometimes the behavior itself is not criminal, but causes alarm in family members or bystanders who have few options but to call for police or an ambulance; other...

People in the throes of a mental health crisis often intersect with the criminal justice system, and while efforts are being made to increase the availability o

Western Institute of Technology is relieved the drop in alert levels means it graduation ceremonies can go ahead.