LGBTQ+ youth dialed 9-8-8 more than 1.5 million times to connect with crisis counselors. But their line for specialized care ...

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s specialized services for LGBTQ+ youth have officially ended operations, meaning people ...

States and mental health organizations are bracing for the closure of a specialized service within 988, the National Suicide ...

The National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — 988 — launched on this day exactly three years ago. People who call the line seeking support are connected to a local network of crisis centers and a trained ...

Counseling was the most common smoking cessation service at US behavioral health centers in 2023, and pharmacotherapy was offered at less than half.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a pair of bills into law designed to boost mental health and substance abuse programs throughout the state.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WEAU) - The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is ending specialized 988 services for LGBTQ+ youth. According to a press release from Senator Tammy Baldwin ...

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration has seen its staff cut by more than a third, and it's facing deep budget cuts. Progress on overdose deaths could be lost, experts warn.

According to a 2023 report by the federal agency Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 48.5 million Americans aged 12 and above have a substance use disorder.

The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved nearly $30 million, via the state Proposition 1 program, for an adult substance abuse treatment facility in National City and a mental ...

The nation’s main mental health agency is being dissolved, and it’s already lost roughly a third of its staff. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, or SAMHSA, is being folded into ...